Most of the time, the Tesla automatic driving system allows the driver’s hand to not touch the steering wheel. This type of vehicle that prevents the driver from being able to concentrate or fall asleep is flawed and dangerous.
Editor’s note: This article is from Tencent Technology, review: Cheng Hao.
Tesla is the most active application technology among companies developing autonomous driving technology around the world, but the company’s Autopilot has also brought some controversy and trouble. According to the latest news from foreign media, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday that in January 2018, a Tesla Model S electric vehicle hit a fire truck parked on the roadside on the California highway. It may be a driver’s mistake. And the Tesla automatic driving system is not properly designed.
According to foreign media reports, the US Transportation Safety and Security Committee stated that the design of the Tesla Autopilot system “allows the driver to leave the driving mission.” In 2016, after the Tesla electric car crash in the United States, the Security Council also criticized Tesla’s automatic driving system.
In an accident investigation report released on Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said that during most of the 14-minute journey, the Tesla Autopilot system allowed the driver’s hands to not touch the steering wheel.
In the crash, there were no firefighters on the fire truck and the driver was not injured in the accident.
The National Transportation Safety Board said that the Tesla electric vehicle driver “has not focused and relied too much on” advanced assisted driving systems (Tesla’s automatic driving system is still a technical level of assisted driving, not completely Autopilot).
Tesla’s autonomous driving system caused at least three fatal crashes in the United States. Among them, a Model 3 accident occurred last year at Delray Beach, Florida, and another accident occurred in Mountain View, California. The two incidents are still under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board and the US Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
About these two traffic safety regulatory agencies, the US National Transportation Safety Board makes safety recommendations, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) can order a product recall if it believes that a defect poses an unreasonable risk to vehicle safety. .
The US Consumer Care Organization’s Center for Auto Safety said on Wednesday that the Transportation Safety Board’s report should prompt the Road Safety Administration to perform its duties and recall the cars.
The agency said that the Tesla electric vehicle in the accident accelerated into a parked fire truck, a vehicle that prevented the driver from focusing or falling asleep and was dangerous.
Tesla said in an e-mailed statement that since the 2018 crash, “we have updated the system to include the time interval between adjusting the actual warning and starting the warning condition.”
Tesla added that Tesla owners in different countries around the world are driving billions of kilometers with autopilot systems, the company said its data indicates that drivers using autopilot systems are still better than Drivers who do not have ancillary operations are safer.
These car accidents have raised questions about the driver assistance system, that is, how much the autonomous driving system has the ability to identify abnormal road conditions and control the car if the driver does not intervene according to the road conditions.
After the fatal car accident in Florida in 2016, the US Transportation Safety Board asked six car companies with advanced driver assistance systems (Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan, Daimler, and Volvo) to develop applications. To more effectively identify the driver’s participation in the car driving state, to remind the driver that the vehicle is currently using the automatic driving system.
The Transportation Safety Board said: “In addition to Tesla, all manufacturers responded to us by explaining their current systems and their efforts to reduce misuse and involve drivers in the driving process.” /p>
Some owners of Tesla said they can use the autopilot system without having to put their hands on the steering wheel for a long time. But Tesla advises drivers to put their hands on the steering wheel while using the system to concentrate.
Tesla is currently developing a more technically advanced full-automatic drive, which is scheduled to be launched next year. At the time of driving from the residence to the unit, the driver does not need to put his hand on the steering wheel or even play the phone. Work, etc. But before that, Autopilot was still just a driver-assisted system that could not completely replace humans.
In the past, government agencies in some countries have questioned Tesla’s automatic driving system, arguing that the “Autopilot” naming will make drivers mistakenly believe that the vehicle can drive automatically, which may bring driving safety risks. Some online videos show that some Tesla owners will use a fruit to hold the steering wheel (the system will think the driver holds the steering wheel) and let the vehicle drive for a long time.