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: Sven Bilen <SBilen () engr psu edu>
> Date: June 20, 2017 at 12:38:20 PM CDT
> To: "dave () farber net" <dave () farber net>
> Subject: RE: [IP] Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot
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> Dave,
>  
> On this topic, I just got back from a trip to Sweden where I rented Volvo’s new V90, overall a pretty nice car.  I 
> was able to play with its “Pilot Assist” option, which is a mode the car can go into once adaptive cruise control is 
> engaged.  A little green steering wheel icon lights up when the mode is engaged and the lane can be tracked.  It did 
> extremely well in “autonomously driving”, but required that it could sense my hand on the wheel, and after I removed 
> it for about 15 seconds, the icon would light up saying “Apply Steering”, then it would beep at you if still not 
> applied, then finally it would beep and shut off the mode as well as cruise control, essentially slowing the car.  
> Seemed to me this was the best way to gracefully put the driver back in control.
>  
> Sven
>  
> From: Dave Farber [mailto:farber () gmail com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2017 12:05 PM
> To: ip <ip () listbox com>
> Subject: [IP] Tesla Driver In Fatal Florida Crash Got Numerous Warnings To Take Control Back From Autopilot
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> 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
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>
> 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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