Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train.
Nighttime dashcam footage from earlier this month in Ohio captured the harrowing scene: Doty’s Tesla rapidly approaching a train with no apparent deceleration. He insisted his Tesla was in Full Self-Driving mode when it barreled towards the train crossing without slowing down.
80 people die every single day in traffic accidents in the US alone and we’re focusing on the leading company trying to solve this issue when their car almost hits a train.
Tesla is not remotely close to being the leading company. That would be Google/Waymo.
What makes them the leader? You can’t even buy a car from them and I would be willing to bet that the number of kilometers driven on autopilot/FSD on Teslas is orders of magnitude greater than the competition and rapidly increasing each day. Even the most charitable view would place them on par with Tesla at best. Waymo/Cruze both have remote operators helping for when their vehicles get stuck. Even the MB Drive Pilot will ask for the driver to take over when needed. They’re not fully functional self-driving vehicles no more than Teslas are.
I’ve never hit a train. And I’ve also never almost hit a train. I think I could go my entire life never almost hitting trains and I would still consider that the bare minimum for a mammal with two eyes and a brain.
Congratulations. Want a cookie? People drive into trains all the time. You can literally find dozens of videos online showing this very thing.
Let’s pretend it’s 50/50 humans drive ng cars and self driving cars. The numbers would be a lot higher. It’s not really a fair comparison.
Unfounded conjecture. You can’t spout your feelings as if they’re objective fact.