Re Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: "Synthesis:Law and Technology" <synthesis.law.and.technology () gmail com>
> Date: June 20, 2017 at 11:19:32 AM CDT
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot
>
> Dave, 
>
> I can imagine plenty of hypotheses under which a driver will not take back control:  unconsciousness, extreme nausea, 
> blurred vision, muscle spasm, etc, etc.  The premise that a driver somehow "must" resume control seems very flawed.  
> what should the vehicle do? slam on the brakes? drive faster? drive slower?  The whole point of the alert system is 
> that something is happening that the vehicle suspects a driver would do better. "please take control" "please take 
> control" "ok fine I had a plan anyways..."  This makes no sense.
>
> Why are we holding autonomous vehicles to a much higher standard than we do for people? 
>
> Dan Steinberg
>
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> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> > > Date: June 20, 2017 at 10:31:28 AM CDT
> > > To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> > > Subject: [ NNSquad ] Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot
> > >
> > >
> > > Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot
> > >
> > > http://jalopnik.com/tesla-driver-in-fatal-florida-crash-got-numerous-warnin-1796226021
> > >
> > >      Joshua Brown, the Tesla driver killed last year while using
> > >    the semi-autonomous Autopilot mode on his Model S, received
> > >    several visual and audio warnings to take control of the
> > >    vehicle before he was killed, according to a report from the
> > >    National Transportation Safety Board. Despite the warnings,
> > >    Brown kept his hands off the wheel before colliding with a
> > >    truck on a Florida highway.
> > >
> > > - - -
> > >
> > > The big problem here is that the Tesla continued motoring along
> > > normally even though the driver wasn't complying with the autopilot
> > > warnings to take back control. This is unacceptable, and puts innocent
> > > parties at risk (that is, other drivers of other vehicles). If the
> > > driver isn't complying, the Tesla cannot be permitted to simply
> > > continue as if nothing was wrong.
> > >
> > > --Lauren--
> > > Lauren 
> >
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