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Fred Lambert - Mar. 27th 2017 1:29 pm ET Tesla Model X owner claims Autopilot caused crash with a semi truck
After the accident, which happened last Thursday in California, the owner of a Model X P90D with first generation Autopilot posted his account of the crash on Facebook:
“There was a pickup truck that was out of gas in the right lane (lights were either dim or off, and give the night, was hard to see). A semi was pulling up onto it, saw it, braked and swerved into my middle lane. Autopilot did not disengage, but did the emergency beep about 1 second before impact. I was looking off to the side, and impacted the truck immediately after I heard the beep and looked forward.”
As usual, the driver is always responsible for monitoring the vehicle when Autopilot is engaged and should always be ready to take control. In this case, the driver admitted that he wasn’t looking forward at the time of the crash.
The purpose of the Autopilot’s main feature, Autosteer, is to keep the vehicle in its lane, which is exactly what it did during the accident. What could have prevented or reduced the force of the impact are the Automatic Emergency Braking or Steering features, but they only engage if it’s the only option. In this case, it would have likely required to move to the left lane, which could have also been dangerous. The “emergency beep” he referenced was the collision warning.
2014-10-24 07:56 Google translate Tesla out of control into the commercial building crashed glass curtain wall was destroyed
Mr. Liu told reporters that he is a driving more than ten years old driver, the vehicle hands two months, opened more than 5,000 kilometers, their operation can be considered skilled, had not encountered a similar failure. 21 at 8:06 on the morning, Mr. Liu drove the white Tesla came to a company to work in front of the company parking, wanted to reverse, the car parked into the company downstairs open parking spaces, so the front is Facing the door of the company. Did not expect to reverse into the parking spaces when the vehicle suddenly out of control, do not run back, but rushed forward. Mr. Liu said he stepped on the brakes, but did not stop the car kept pushing forward Although the speed is not fast, but the car or in a few seconds to break through the company's glass curtain wall, crashed into the company, a hit on the wall was considered stopped. The vehicle in a total of "out of control" in the state ran less than 20 meters away, but also on a more than 20 cm high steps into the company, and finally hit the wall, the front of a serious deformation, the car airbags all open, the ground Full of glass fragments.
Google translate 2016 09 09 17:38 Source: Automotive China Author: Automobile China
Incident in the afternoon about 5:30 pm, a white Tesla from the financial street from north to south driving to Cheng Fang Street intersection suddenly out of control, hit a bike and electric car is driving, then move eastward, Hit the roadside a man and a woman two passers-by, and finally hit the Beijing eight near the junction of the poles, poles were broken, the wire drooping on the road. Tesla driver's seat and the auxiliary airbag pop, the front was crashed, resulting in two passers-by injured.
After the accident, the two passers-by the first time to get help and treatment, according to the scene police introduced two injured passers-by was conscious, the situation is not serious injuries. Hit Tesla's control system can not restart, the car can not start, there is no way to immediately drag off the scene. According to the scene witnesses said the injured man was hit by a car on the side of the sidewalk, but Tesla is still out of control state toward the sidewalk rushed past, but finally hit the poles in the last, the man was avoided by Tesla Hit the second time.
As the Tesla body is too heavy, the operating system can not start the tire will be locked, and the vehicle chassis is relatively low, the use of forklifts may cause damage to the chassis, which caused a certain difficulty in the smooth trailer. The final crash of the Tesla at about 8 pm last night by the traffic police with forklift towed, the scene traffic back to normal.
2016-11-14 08:18:59 Hangzhou network "Autopilot" Tesla hit the stone pier Google translate
A week ago, working in Shanghai, Wenzhou guy Xiao Hu driving Tesla 70D driving in Shanghai Yingbin high-speed, and open the "automatic driving" function. However, in the line through a separate stone pier, the car did not make any avoidance action, directly hit the stone pier.
According to the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau Pudong Branch Traffic Police Detachment Pudong high speed squadron issued by the road traffic accident certificate described on the cause of the accident is due to the direction of the vehicle out of control caused. And made a photo, as well as the Shanghai Pudong New Area Highway Management Office identified the scene, Xiaohu Tesla front deformation, the front axle is almost scrapped, it is crashed three cement pier, and road steel pipe handrails 20 meters long.
"At that time the car did not identify the front of the obstacles, originally in accordance with the 'autopilot' argument, at least should be made to slow down or turn the reaction, but in fact there is no action to keep my speed set directly hit. Xiaohu said that the last car is hit because of a number of stone pier after the "stuck" and stopped.
"The car is still on the Shanghai traffic police department in charge, although the computer has been locked within the remote, but the internal data is still, is an evidence." Xiaohu told reporters that the day before the Tesla side there are engineers to follow him to the scene that can Check the vehicle, but to avoid the request of a third party, and taking into account the engineers can change the car data, Xiao Hu did not let Tesla direct contact with the accident vehicle.
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2015-12-28 by the news Tesla suddenly accelerated the question "Shu Zhongsheng open speech" has something to say Google translate
A few days ago we watched by the news: September 14 this year, 12 noon, who lives in Hangzhou Binjiang Guoxin Jiayuan's wife, Mr. Wang, driving Tesla out of the district when the door suddenly happened, the car suddenly Accelerated to fly up the railing of the district. Mr. Wang Tesla is online goods, last June to Shanghai to mention the car, the price of more than one million yuan. Mr. Wang said, happened at that time, the car was suddenly accelerated, but fortunately his wife stepped on the brakes, did not lead to greater accidents.
Is the wife of the door when the brakes? Or Tesla will suddenly accelerate, difficult to control it? Mr. Wang said his wife has 15 years of driving experience, the door when the brakes can not happen, he thinks that the car is a problem.
surging news at 2017-03-07 07:30:00 Google translate Zhejiang, a car owner to open Tesla "autopilot", triggering 4 car chain rear-end
According to the traffic police department revealed that the cause of the accident after the car Tesla owners in the use of the car "automatic driving" function, failed to maintain a safe distance with the car. As the model can not be fixed in the local, the current incident Tesla SUV has been dragged to Hangzhou to do further investigation of loss.
March 4 at around 4:30 pm, Yiwu City, the traffic police squadron received an alarm, said a crossroads at Futian Street, a four-car rear-end accident occurred. Traffic police scene found that the accident for a Tesla rear-end 1 small truck, due to traffic lights at the junction, the car and the car from the small, rear-end of the small trucks to promote inertia, before the car rear-end fourth Honda Accord car only stop under. 4 car rear-end accident did not cause casualties, but four cars have different degrees of injury.
According to Tesla driver Yang introduced to the police, the incident, he started the car's "automatic driving" mode, approaching the traffic light when the mouth did not pay attention to rear-end car.
Published at 6:18 AM EST on Jan 19, 2017 | Updated at 7:14 AM EST on Jan 19, 2017 The woman driving the sedan apparently accelerated instead of stopping
A car careened into a pillar on Long Island Wednesday night, mangling the vehicle but barely injuring the two passengers inside, police said. Police were called to Soundview Marketplace in Port Washington around 10 p.m. and found the white Tesla severely damaged and crushed up against a pillar.
The woman driving the sedan apparently accelerated instead of stopping and rammed into the pillar, police said. The pillar then collapsed onto the car on the passenger side. Police said the passenger got wedged between the driver and passenger seats and he had to be extradited from the vehicle. He and the driver were taken to an area hospital with minor injuries and are expected to be okay.
Hong Kong, Author: Liu Dingan, Chen Yongwu, Release Date: 2017-04-05 03:32, Last Updated: 2017-04-05 10:31 Tesla Model X accident along the direction of the Wan Chai Stubbs Google translate
At about 1:30 am, a Tesla pure electric van ran along the direction of the Wan Chai Stubbs up the mountain, and when he was near to a shining stage, he suddenly went out of control and crashed into the road. Jumping on the road, then change the "shells", flying down and then rolling in the road, about 10 meters away from the pedestrian road bar stopped and stopped, across the mountain direction.
Rescue workers arrived at the scene, but found the car empty, the driver I do not know the end; and the car's four airbags all started, the rear is equipped with baby seats. It is known that the electric car for the custom license plate, on March 24 this year, the new car registration, landing less than two weeks, but the whole car has been severely damaged. The police are following the driver's case to see why the incident and the driver have to escape. Involved in the Tesla S90 pure electric car, the new price of nearly 700,000 yuan.
Affected by the accident, Stubbs Road, once the direction of the whole line closed, all the vehicles have to bypass the big pit and blue pond Road. The case was followed by a preliminary investigation as a traffic accident and was followed by an accident investigation team at the Hong Kong Island Regional Traffic Department.
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A traffic accident occurred in Happy Valley. 1 o'clock this morning, a hanging with a custom license plate, the new blue Tesla electric car, along the Stubbs Road up the mountain, to Zhaopui off the sudden control of the road into the road fork and stone road signs, and then cross the opposite line Playing pigeons turn, the rear and then collided 3 meters iron bar road to stop, the car inside the airbag pop. Police officers received the report, found the driver has left, is to contact the owner to provide driver status.
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