Reply to post: Re: It's always a firetruck

Tesla Autopilot crash driver may have been eating a bagel at the time, was lucky not to get schmeared on road

Ben Tasker

Re: It's always a firetruck

But, Tesla's systems aren't supposed to be capable of inattention?

He _should_ have been paying attention and taken over to avert it, it's true. But why does Tesla's keep hitting a fairly routine obstruction?

Hell, the thing had lights flashing and Tesla uses cameras, so arguably had an advantage of LIDAR for detecting this stuff. Or perhaps that's the issue? That the intensity of the lights occludes the image slightly and Tesla fails to handle it?

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