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. Tesla Model X rolls over after crashing into concrete divider, driver claims Autopilot was activated
The driver of the Tesla Model X in the recent crash reportedly had the Autopilot feature engaged while driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the Bedford exit. The car hit a guard rail on the right side of the road, then rebounded to the median barrier, landing on its roof.
. Tesla Model X goes off the road and crashes in Montana, driver blames the Autopilot
“The car was in Autopilot at speed between 56-60 mph, the car drove off the road and hit the guard rail wood posts. I questioned him on how can Autopilot drove off the road by itself, he said he also want to find out.”
. A Tesla Model S was involved in an serious frontal accident with BMW in a bi-directional tunnel in Switzerland.
The circumstances of the accident are currently unclear, but undergoing construction in the Gubrist Tunnel restricting the number of lanes could have been at play in the crash.
. Chinese Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot For Crash He Could Have Easily Avoided
A Tesla Model S was involved in a crash in Beijing earlier this week, with yet another driver blaming Autopilot. This is the first alleged Autopilot crash in China, but when you watch the video, it’s amazing it happened at all.
The driver, Luo Zhen, was reported to have his hands off the wheel and had Autopilot engaged, reports ChinaDaily. It reports Luo to have seen the Santana with the naked eye and that there was a reaction time of about five seconds, but the system didn’t see the disabled car and crashed into it.
The accident cost him 50,000 yuan ($7,525) in repairs. However, “believing there are technical bugs in the system of Autopilot, Luo said Tesla should take half of the responsibility, while the other half should be paid by the Santana’s driver for illegal parking.” He criticized Tesla for exaggerating the abilities of the Autopilot functions while only giving scant warning that it’s an assistance system and shouldn’t be fully relied upon.
. Tesla Owner in Autopilot Crash Won’t Sue, But Car Insurer May
Mark Molthan, the driver, readily admits that he was not paying full attention. Trusting that Autopilot could handle the route as it had done before, he reached into the glove box to get a cloth and was cleaning the dashboard seconds before the collision, he said. The car failed to navigate a bend on Highway 175 in rural Kaufman, Texas, and struck a cable guardrail multiple times, according to the police report of the Aug. 7 crash.
“I used Autopilot all the time on that stretch of the highway,” Molthan, 44, said in a phone interview. “But now I feel like this is extremely dangerous. It gives you a false sense of security. I’m not ready to be a test pilot. It missed the curve and drove straight into the guardrail. The car didn’t stop -- it actually continued to accelerate after the first impact into the guardrail.”
13:47, 02.09.2016 Tesla broke through an Autobahn barrier
(19h45) Tesla driver didn't see the blocked left lane on the A9, the Pyhrnautobahn near the town of Gratkorn (Steiermark / Styria - Austria) which was locked by Autobahn road barriers and safeguarded by typicall Autobahn running lights. The Model S broke through the barrier and finally came to a halt 200m later. Than the Model S caught fire and burned to the ground.
. Dashcam shows Tesla crash which killed Chinese driver when futuristic electric car smashed into parked lorry.
Report reveals Chinese (23) died in Tesla crash in China in January. Gao Yaning was killed after his vehicle crashed into a road sweeper.
Tesla say they cannot be sure if on "Autopilot" or not and are investigating.
Police investigators concluded that Mr. Gao was responsible for the accident, CCTV reported. But in July his family sued the dealer who had sold the Tesla.
The driver’s father, Gao Jubin, told CCTV he thought his son had been relying on Autopilot to drive the car and so was not watching the road when the crash took place.
. Mobileye’s chairman Amnon Shashua said on Wednesday:
Mobileye broke ties with Tesla Motors because the Silicon Valley firm was “pushing the envelope in terms of safety” with the design of its Autopilot driver-assistance system.
In the Reuters interview, Shashua said Autopilot’s capabilities were being touted too highly, too soon.
“No matter how you spin it, (Autopilot) is not designed for that,” Shashua said. “It is a driver assistance system and not a driverless system.”
A Tesla spokeswoman said Wednesday the company had never described Autopilot as an autonomous technology or self-driving car.
. Tesla driver didn't see a construction zone on the Autobahn Tønsberg, Norway.
Only so far, neither the authorities nor Tesla or the witnesses have confirmed whether the vehicle was indeed using the Autopilot function - or, indeed, whether this particular car even has it installed. What has been rumored, however, is that the driver, a 50-year-old man from Vestfold, was busy with his cell phone just before the crash occurred.
According to the source, the trailers holding the signs were dragged for as much as 80 meters (262 feet) before the car came to a stop, suggesting the Tesla had a pretty high velocity at the time of impact. The driver had his license confiscated on the spot for reckless driving.
07-06-2016, 03:45 AM
