NHTSA(美國國家公路交通安全管理局)針對了16年5月份一場車禍調查
當時駕駛Tesla Model S的45歲車主，Joshua Brown，開啟AutoPilot撞上橫跨公路
穿越的白色貨櫃車，由於車主與AutoPilot都沒有發現與背景很像的白色貨櫃車
並且白色貨櫃的車身較高、加上特殊的道路設計以及在陽光照射下的特殊環境
導致AutoPilot也沒有識別出貨櫃車，而車主也沒有
車速相當的快
於是在無剎車的狀況下造成了這一起死亡車禍
根據路透社的報導，有消息人士說NHTSA將在周四結束對Tesla的調查
並且沒有發現任何缺陷以及需要召回的證據
在這起事故後，Tesla引進了新的雷達技術加入AutoPilot中
Musk說他認為這將有助於防止這類事故
AutoPilot很好用，能減輕駕駛者負擔，也能降低事故發生機率
但不要忘記開車的還是人，別輛車也不是你能控制的，就算機器已經做到他該做的事情
能降低事故發生機率不代表就絕對不會發生事故
把車開上路後就該時時刻刻注意安全，畢竟命是自己的呀
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NHTSA is closing investigation of fatal accident on Tesla Autopilot
without finding any defect, source says
Following the tragic death of 45-year-old Joshua Brown in a collision
with a truck while using the Autopilot of his Tesla Model S in Florida
back in May 2016, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) launched a preliminary evaluation of Tesla’s Autopilot and
requested a lot of information from the automaker.
Citing a source briefed on the matter, Reuters reports that NHTSA is
closing investigation today without finding any defect or issuing a
recall.
The report said:
“The auto safety agency did not find evidence of a defect that would
have required a safety recall of the cars, the source said.”
As we reported last year in our piece ‘Understanding the fatal Tesla
accident on Autopilot and the NHTSA probe‘, the Florida Highway Patrol
described the accident:
When the truck made a left turn onto NE 140th Court in front of the car,
the car’s roof struck the underside of the trailer as it passed under
the trailer. The car continued to travel east on U.S. 27A until it left
the roadway on the south shoulder and struck a fence. The car smashed
through two fences and struck a power pole. The car rotated
counter-clockwise while sliding to its final resting place about 100 feet
south of the highway.
Here’s our birds-eye visualization of what happened based on the
information released by the police:tesla truck accident 3
At the time, Tesla added its own understanding of the events in a blog
post:
“What we know is that the vehicle was on a divided highway with
Autopilot engaged when a tractor trailer drove across the highway
perpendicular to the Model S. Neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed
the white side of the tractor trailer against a brightly lit sky, so the
brake was not applied. The high ride height of the trailer combined with
its positioning across the road and the extremely rare circumstances of
the impact caused the Model S to pass under the trailer, with the bottom
of the trailer impacting the windshield of the Model S.”
Autopilot is meant to be used with constant monitoring from the driver
and therefore, drivers shouldn’t rely on it to prevent this type of
accident, which is likely why the system is not found to be at fault by
NHTSA.
Tesla has since introduced a new radar technology that CEO Elon Musk said
he believes could potentially prevent this type of accident going forward.
But again, Tesla always highlights the fact that Autopilot is only meant
to be used while the driver remains vigilant and ready to take control at
any time.