ERD50
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Whoops... Maybe Telsa is not quite ready for prime time.
US regulators investigating Tesla over use of automated system linked to fatal crash
Or maybe it is? From that article:
Tesla said Thursday the death was "the first known fatality in just over 130 million miles where Autopilot was activated," while a fatality happens once every 60 million miles worldwide.
This is one of the problems - self-driving maybe safer on average, but every accident will get attention. Though I still think the tech should be approached very carefully. I think any driver who is just relying on it currently is plain stupid. If I were to use it, it would be as a test, and I'd remain 100% in control the whole time. At least until there is far more experience with the tech.
I am not convinced self driving cars will be that good. Try driving in a snow storm with 40mph cross winds and shelter belts occasionally beside the road. How will the software react to the sudden disappearance and reappearance of the cross wind as you pass by the tree line.
I would expect a properly designed CPU/system to respond to cross wind faster/better than any human. My little $16 quadcoptor does a good job staying level in some cross winds (within the limits of its tiny motors).
-ERD50