Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Autopilot car driver carried to the hospital – The Nación.com.py

Joshua Neally, a 37-year-old founder of the law firm Neally Law, based in Springfield (Missouri, USA), was traveling on Highway 68 to get to his home in the nearby town of Branson. That day, her daughter met four years. The tour was 45 minutes left early from his office, tells the magazine Slate.

Suddenly, he felt a sharp twinge in his chest and stomach. He parked on the side of the road with the hope that the pain sosegara. On the contrary, it increased. Neally driving a Tesla Model X which had acquired two weeks ago. Instead of calling an ambulance, he chose to activate the autopilot available in your car. He felt it would come faster that way.

Tesla Model X is not all autonomous, but facilitated Neally scour 32 km and reach a nearby hospital, the BBC reported.

the car allows the driver to release the steering wheel on the long straights that characterize the US streetscape. It is able to stay in your lane at a defined speed and change lanes if there is traffic. It also has sensors to stop if you notice an obstacle. In addition, it is electric.

Neally told Slate magazine that he parked the car once arrived at the hospital. Attorney fortune contrasts with that of other drivers who have had accidents aboard a Tesla.

In May, a Florida man died after crashing into a truck. He had activated the autopilot of the Tesla Model S and sensors failed. The company reported that the car was unable to recognize the back of the truck because it was painted white and the brightness of the sun prevented the cameras identified in time.

In early July, another driver He crashed aboard a Tesla Model X. He used the autopilot in a high-risk pathway. The car hit a pole located on the side of the road. Fortunately, no one was injured in the incident.

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