A driver died in a collision between his car and a truck; automotive Elon Musk is now under scrutiny from US authorities to verify possible failures Autopilot mode, which takes control of the vehicle
The driver of an electric vehicle Tesla has become the first person to die aboard a vehicle driven by computer automatically, as he reported by the US company itself. Autopilot, attendance system driving the company introduced in October 2015, did not recognize the trailer of a truck that crossed the road. The US agency NHTSA, under the Department of Transport, is now investigating whether the autopilot malfunctioned during the accident.
The autopilot can maintain speed and distance, stop at obstacles or avoid them and park. Tesla reemphasized that this software does not make electric vehicles in autonomous driving cars and reiterated that drivers should continue to pay attention and keep your hands on the wheel. However, Internet circulate many videos that can see how some drivers of those cars do not meet these guidelines.
The driver died in the accident had risen to Internet videos of his travels with the autopilot on . In one of them he saw how the system dodged a truck changed lanes suddenly to the Tesla, thus avoiding a possible collision.
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In other videos may be other drivers that putting the autopilot engaged in doing other things. One of them even went to the back seat to record from there empty space driver for a road trip. To prevent something like the system controls regularly if the driver has his hands on the wheel. When it is not, sound warning signals and the car slows down.
The automotive industry and developers of technology for driverless cars ensure that these automatic vehicles will make traffic much safer and reduce the number of deaths. So far only record of an accident he had in a survey conducted by computer vehicle in which only slight damage body were recorded.
In the case of this fatal accident, which occurred in early May, “or Autopilot neither the driver identified the white side of the truck against the background of a clear sky, so the brake was not activated, “Tesla said in a statement posted on his blog. The vehicle type Model S passed under the trailer and the lower edge of this hit the windshield of the car.
If the vehicle had collided with the front or rear of the truck, possibly the security system against vehicle collisions Tesla would have avoided serious driver damage.
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Autopilot acts, among others, through cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors that record the environment. Tesla cars all possible data recorded while driving and this information is used to improve the technique. There are other manufacturers offering assistance systems similar condución.
The investigation initiated by the NHTSA affects when 25,000 cars Model S 2015. The company’s billionaire Elon Musk noted that their vehicles they have led so far 130 million miles (210 million kilometers) with the autopilot function activated.
in the regular traffic on US highways one death for every 94 million miles driven is produced.
Google also recorded his first accident with a vehicle driven by automatic computer this year. The car passed a vehicle when driving at low speeds and only caused damage to a fender.
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