NHTSA Opens Probe on Tesla’s “Autopilot” Crashes with Parked Emergency Vehicles
The article — US opens formal probe into Tesla Autopilot system — https://seekingalpha.com/pr/18436888-us-agency-opens-formal-probe-tesla-autopilot-system
NHTSA says it has identified 11 crashes since 2018 in which Teslas on Autopilot or Traffic Aware Cruise Control have hit vehicles at scenes where first responders have used flashing lights, flares, an illuminated arrow board or cones warning of hazards. The agency announced the action Monday in a posting on its website. (Note-One of the 8 police cars was shoved into an ambulance. Pure luck no one was killed in any of the crashes.)
While this is a positive development, NHTSA, and to a slightly lesser degree the NTSB, has been an enabler of Tesla’s “Autopilot” and “Full Self Driving” debacle. As the article mentions it has had several other “Investigations” open for a very long time. How long does it take to use common sense? Or setting that aside, grab a Tesla, a test track and some of these vehicles. It would take a day to confirm the sensor system is a nightmare. (Not counting the whole development approach is untenable from a cost, time, safety and technical POV.) Unfortunately, it appears NHTSA like the industry will need a small child or family killed before they do something significant.
The NTSB frets over human Guinea pigs then chastises and punts to the even more reckless NHTSA
More detail here. Including how to do this right.
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The NTSB frets over human Guinea pigs then chastises and punts to the even more reckless NHTSA
My name is Michael DeKort — I am a former system engineer, engineering and program manager for Lockheed Martin. I worked in aircraft simulation, the software engineering manager for all of NORAD, the Aegis Weapon System, and on C4ISR for DHS.
Industry Participation — Air and Ground
- Founder SAE On-Road Autonomous Driving Simulation Task Force
- Member SAE ORAD Verification and Validation Task Force
- Member UNECE WP.29 SG2 Virtual Testing
- Stakeholder USDOT VOICES (Virtual Open Innovation Collaborative Environment for Safety)
- Member SAE G-34 / EUROCAE WG-114 Artificial Intelligence in Aviation
- Member Teleoperation Consortium
- Member CIVATAglobal — Civic Air Transport Association
- Stakeholder for UL4600 — Creating AV Safety Guidelines
- Member of the IEEE Artificial Intelligence & Autonomous Systems Policy Committee
- Presented the IEEE Barus Ethics Award for Post 9/11 DoD/DHS Whistleblowing Efforts
