[SystemSafety] NHTSA on the Tesla crash

[Peter Bernard Ladkin]

The NHTSA has issued its report on the May 2016 crash in Florida, in which a Tesla on "Autopilot"
went under a truck crossing the road, and the driver was killed.

NHTSA says that the driver had some seven seconds to take action, and took none. Seven seconds is a
very long time when driving. The Autopilot was set to 74mph, about 108 fps. Seven seconds is 760 ft
(some rounding error), which is 232m. That's a real long way in which nothing happened.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/20/tesla-model-s-cleared-auto-safety-regulator-after-fatal-autopilot-crash

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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