Tesla Steers Onto Train Tracks It Apparently Mistook for a Road, Police Warn
Tesla Steers Onto Train Tracks It Apparently Mistook for a Road, Police Warn
The incident in northern California marked the latest mishap blamed on the electric vehicle company's Autopilot tech
The incident in northern California marked the latest mishap blamed on the electric vehicle company's Autopilot tech
News tomorrow: Police department retracts statement after Elon Musk lawsuit
Not surprising, considering Tesla autopilot sees trains as a bunch of semis bumper to bumper.
Someone accidentally included Back to the Future 3 footage in the training data.
But only the very last scene
Choo Choo! Morherfuckers!!
Can't wait for robotaxis.
Waymo is a thing
Musk did prove he doesn't know what a train is
That's too funny.
The Autopilot was in TRAINing mode
And it has a great TRACK record in training mode.
It certainly was CHUGGING ALONG nicelly.
Roads really need a standard for sensors specifically for autopilots.
GPS and cameras reading lines, signs ,and lights aren't good.
Or just fund public transportation instead :)
Autopilot buses could use this too.
Yeah, like a digital "ideal line" that the cars can follow.
Maybe even a physical guiding line.
We could even connect all the cars via WLAN (WiFi) to exchange info when they are braking and accelerating. That would increase efficiency.
Maybe we could even connect them physically to have a stronger engine pulling more cars more efficiently.
If we already have an ideal guiding line, we might actually save some asphalt and make the roads more optimised. Use different materials so the tyre particles don't pollute as much.
Ah, let's just build a train.
Eventually a great idea, but that's not rolling out particularly soon.
It's exceptionally unlikely that AUTOPILOT did this.
AP only follows the lane/road you're in.
Maybe it was FSD, but this is terrible reporting.
A perfect example of why calling it autopilot in the first place was a bad idea. The name misrepresents the feature, which is really just lane keeping and a few other minor things.
The name does not misrepresent the feature, and has been used accordingly in aviation for decades.
Was the driver asleep or something? The car drove quite a bit on the tracks... sure, blame Tesla all you want (and rightly so), but you can't really claim today that the car has "autopilot" unless you're hunting for a lawsuit. So what was the driver doing?
Even if asleep, how do you sleep through that? Would be super bumpy.
It's hard to tell who's worse at driving. Tesla owners or their auto pilot
California, so I'm I'm guessing the driver was getting head at the time whilst drinking beer.
He was focusing on the caboose
Aww, it want to be train, let it be train.
Driver: no Tesla that's not a road!
Tesla: YOLO!
How cute, it trainsitioned
TRAINSITIONED, CORAL
The locomotives yearn for the tracks
Further proof that America needs to invest in electrified rail
All the "self driving" cars are trying to evolve into proper trams and railways
This sounds like a metaphor for Elon endorsing Trump.
Isn't it the responsibility of the driver during autopilot?
I think it’s every responsible driver’s duty not to buy a Tesla!
Human drivers have done this before. Navigation system says "turn right", they don't realise it means after the level crossing.
Hello Tesla PR department.
I wish. I bet they'd pay bank.
I just don't understand how someone can read all the warnings, get a driver's license (implying their knowledge of the rules of the road) and presumably have years of driving experience and magically think it's ok to just stop paying attention.
It doesn't matter if the car fully promotes itself as self driving, it doesn't matter if the laws surrounding it still require you to be present and in control.
It's no different than 1000hp cars, just because the car is marketed as such, doesn't magically make it legal to go 200mph.
Fuckin gunzel