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MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:11 am

One of these rolling shitbox cars in Michigan when on auto pilot crashed into a parked police cruiser.

I hope the police agency's insurer sends the repair bill to the company.

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:11 am

One of these rolling shitbox cars in Michigan when on auto pilot crashed into a parked police cruiser.

I hope the police agency's insurer sends the repair bill to the company.

kager wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:47 am

It's currently easier to choose if, or for what company, you will be a guinea pig / beta tester in the automotive marketplace than say, the computer industry, where we're all lab rats.

On the production side, someone's got to take the chances and bruises along the way of introducing ground-breaking tech. Musk does that, and obviously somehow gets the pass from governments to do so 'off the test track'. If people die in the process deemed 'acceptable risk', that's where I'd direct the ire, and not because he's a douche or alone in making it happen.

km1125 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:26 am

MWmetalhead wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:11 am

One of these rolling shitbox cars in Michigan when on auto pilot crashed into a parked police cruiser.

I hope the police agency's insurer sends the repair bill to the company.

Where did that one happen? I saw the one that plowed into the semi in Detroit a couple days ago, but they are saying that was really just the driver screwing around and not autopilot, but the crash results looked eerily similar to the one in Florida a couple years ago.

Rate This wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:52 am

There’s only so many ways to shear the top of a Tesla off...

This latest one was Near Lansing yesterday... a car hit a deer and the trooper was angled out into the right lane of the freeway at 1am investigating the situation and the Tesla came along and plowed into him. The 22 year old driver claimed it was on auto pilot but he also had a suspended license so he could have been engaged in some frantic CYA. He was cited for that and failing to move over for a stopped emergency vehicle. I’m surprised he wasn’t arrested.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 729883001/

km1125 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:05 pm

Rate This wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:52 am

There’s only so many ways to shear the top of a Tesla off...

This latest one was Near Lansing yesterday... a car hit a deer and the trooper was angled out into the right lane of the freeway at 1am investigating the situation and the Tesla came along and plowed into him. The 22 year old driver claimed it was on auto pilot but he also had a suspended license so he could have been engaged in some frantic CYA. He was cited for that and failing to move over for a stopped emergency vehicle. I’m surprised he wasn’t arrested.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 729883001/

Thanks for posting that. I'm surprised that the article started out with "A Tesla on autopilot..." rather than something like "A Tesla the driver claimed was on Autopilot..." (btw... isn't "Autopilot" a proper name due some capitalization when referencing Tesla's version?)

I wonder if Tesla's Autopilot can recognize emergencies on the side of the road and move over or slow down as many state laws require? That question would/should really apply to any autonomous vehicle operation. I've been in several presentations for sw development but don't recall any specific conversations regarding that kind of capability.

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:01 pm

MW, you like numbers,

How does the market feel about Tesla compared to general motors?

https://www.stock-analysis-on.net/NYSE/ ... ion/Ratios

Last time I checked the guys on Wall Street aren't that stupid.

Rate This wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:15 pm

km1125 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:05 pm

Rate This wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:52 am

There’s only so many ways to shear the top of a Tesla off...

This latest one was Near Lansing yesterday... a car hit a deer and the trooper was angled out into the right lane of the freeway at 1am investigating the situation and the Tesla came along and plowed into him. The 22 year old driver claimed it was on auto pilot but he also had a suspended license so he could have been engaged in some frantic CYA. He was cited for that and failing to move over for a stopped emergency vehicle. I’m surprised he wasn’t arrested.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/ ... 729883001/

Thanks for posting that. I'm surprised that the article started out with "A Tesla on autopilot..." rather than something like "A Tesla the driver claimed was on Autopilot..." (btw... isn't "Autopilot" a proper name due some capitalization when referencing Tesla's version?)

I wonder if Tesla's Autopilot can recognize emergencies on the side of the road and move over or slow down as many state laws require? That question would/should really apply to any autonomous vehicle operation. I've been in several presentations for sw development but don't recall any specific conversations regarding that kind of capability.

Good question about the emergency vehicles and moving over especially given that it’s a law. But my god... if the trooper is IN THE LANE shouldn’t it be able to figure that out? I don’t think their “autopilot” is capable of doing much more than sounding an alarm about impending doom. I have my doubts about how active it really is at doing it on its own especially in light of this situation. Sounds like glorified cruise control to me. If ever there was an appropriate time for some regulation of deceptive advertising...

TC Talks wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 20, 2021 8:44 pm

They could buy general motors if they wanted to. the one thing I've learned over the years is that whatever works on Wall Street works on Main Street.