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goobster · 2855 days ago · link · · parent · post: Tesla driver killed in crash with Autopilot active, NHTSA investigating
I think all us computer geeks are scratching our heads over that description of the Teslas' vision system. It seems... nearsighted, dare I say. In a single still frame I could see the system getting confused. But as soon as you take in the relative motion of the object in question, and that the gap between the object and road is not increasing, it seems like warning bells would be going off. And... think about the accident... the first thing to touch the truck was the windshield. The top (and guy's head) just got sheared off by the truck bed, like a knife. I wonder how long the car continued past the accident scene... Oof. Frightening.