An Israeli company Mobileye already declared that it developed algorithms "autopilot" can only apply automatic braking before obstacles that arise in the same direction. The truck is moving in the cross, so autobrake could not be involved. This feature will be implemented on serial products in 2018, and in 2020 the agency EuroNCAP starts to take into account its presence in the assessment of the safety level of sold cars.
Tesla Motors hastened to declare that the use of modified automatic braking algorithms, and it is activated in the event of any obstacles in the path of the electric vehicles of the brand: in the transverse direction. In the case of a truck from Florida, fatal role had white sidewalls semitrailer: recognizes objects to the camera, was too light, merging with the sky, and it seemed for a radar low-hanging road sign. As a result, automatic braking has not been activated at the right moment. In addition, Tesla experts say that the truck began to turn dangerously close to the Tesla Model S, and thus blocked both lanes. In this situation, even an experienced driver could not cope with the management.
On July on Pennsylvania roads there was another incident involving electric Tesla: Model X crossover activated the autopilot hit a bump lane on the highway and overturned. The driver received injuries and was hospitalized. The Tesla Motors still can not talk about the causes of the accident, because the antenna has been damaged during the coup, and on-board system did not manage to pass the "protocol" on the manufacturer's server.