NHTSA(美国国家公路交通安全管理局)针对了16年5月份一场车祸调查
当时驾驶Tesla Model S的45岁车主，Joshua Brown，开启AutoPilot撞上横跨公路
穿越的白色货柜车，由于车主与AutoPilot都没有发现与背景很像的白色货柜车
并且白色货柜的车身较高、加上特殊的道路设计以及在阳光照射下的特殊环境
导致AutoPilot也没有识别出货柜车，而车主也没有
车速相当的快
于是在无刹车的状况下造成了这一起死亡车祸
根据路透社的报导，有消息人士说NHTSA将在周四结束对Tesla的调查
并且没有发现任何缺陷以及需要召回的证据
在这起事故后，Tesla引进了新的雷达技术加入AutoPilot中
Musk说他认为这将有助于防止这类事故
AutoPilot很好用，能减轻驾驶者负担，也能降低事故发生机率
但不要忘记开车的还是人，别辆车也不是你能控制的，就算机器已经做到他该做的事情
能降低事故发生机率不代表就绝对不会发生事故
把车开上路后就该时时刻刻注意安全，毕竟命是自己的呀
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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.