You really are thick. A driving aid did not help in a situation that would have been deadly regardless of whether the car was equipped with the system or not. That is the point that you don’t seem to understand. The system did not lead to a death as you keep trying to paint. A truck driving across a highway and a car…

The fact that you cannot understand the immense difference between a driver’s aid not assisting in an accident and something KILLING someone, means you are not worth having a conversation with.

You keep saying “every single automaker” but there are a total of 2 others with semi-autonomous systems, Volvo and MB. There are others with auto-braking systems but nothing with capabilities like these. As I have already mentioned, every auto-braking system on the market has had issues. Volvo has only released 1 car,…

Why don’t you go read reviews of Volvo’s Pilot Assist and MB Pilot Drive and get back to me. They are compared to Autopilot in every article. Autopilot is without question the class leader.

I don’t know the specifics but I think it comes down to the fact that they are not using LIDAR for it and rely on just the front facing camera. I’m sure they are working on how to “fix” the issue after both the parking trailer mishap and the fatal accident.

Again, incorrect. The issue is not that the car did not detect an object, the issue is that it did not react to the object. The problem is that there is not LIDAR being used for this, just a camera that reads the road signs, so its abilities are limited.

No, Tesla is very clear and has zero issues selling cars as they have been production constrained since the day Model S was released to the public so you can stop with that nonsense. The reality is that no matter what you tell people they are going to push the limits of what a system is capable of because that is…

You are combining two completely separate things. The effectiveness of a system and the Marketing of a system. These current systems are in effect just advanced cruise control. When used properly they are effective safety devices. I do agree that there is definitely work to be done on the Marketing side to stress that…

Better means that lane assist keeps you in the middle of the lane vs Volvo’s than ping pongs you between the lane markers. If everything waited for “your standards” nothing would ever be in consumers hands. Both Volvo and MB have systems that have very similar functionality to Tesla’s with MB’s being almost identical.

In the first video the system behaved exactly as it should. This is not a “perfect motorway”. There is a disabled vehicle being passed by other cars. It was following the vehicle in front of it. It continued to follow the vehicle in front of it. The warning alarms went off and the driver ignored them. The car will not…

I listed how many people die on roads to point out how ridiculous it is how much coverage this story has gotten. This accident could have played out identical in a 1997 Honda Accord with Cruise Control on.

As their system functions better based on all reviews than both Volvo’s and MB’s, are you saying that both Volvo and MB did not test their system “enough” before releasing as well?

It is a camera that is detecting overhead objects, so I do not know what its capabilities are as far as distance approximation. That is a very unusual situation that will require a lot more learning from the “systems” before they get things right. What Autopilot and other similar systems do when this happens is give…

I don’t hear anyone giving MB crap for calling their system Pilot Drive.

You may want to get your facts straight. Sensors did not fail to see an obstacle above the car in the fatal crash with the tractor trailer. The sensors saw the object just fine. The issue is that the system is trained to ignore overhead objects so that the car doesn’t slam on its brake after passing under every road…

You really need to get your facts straight. As far as naming goes, MB system is called Pilot Drive. How is that any different than Autopilot? Also to say that no other automaker has had ANY issue is one of the most uninformed statements I have every heard. Just because there are not articles being written about them…

He was driving on a business trip from Ohio to FL. It was most likely to watch movies in his hotel room as he probably had a bunch of free time on the trip. I know I did when I traveled for work. A lot of people work off Chromebooks or Macbook Airs that don’t have DVD/Blu Ray drives and you can’t watch movies on the…

Why is this BS article on Jalopnik’s front page?!? There is so far ZERO evidence that he was watching a movie. Finding a dvd player in the car does not equal watching a movie while driving. If I had a six pack that I just picked up at the store in the back of my car when I get in an accident, does that give you…

AP collects almost 1MM miles of data every single day. The 130MM mile figure is consumer driven miles, not test engineers.

Lucky for you, Tesla makes a calculator for you, How much does it cost to charge Model S? It would cost you about $.80/day in electricity for Model S with your minimal driving, which would be less than $25/month. Less than 1/3 of what you pay for gas to go the same 20 miles.