Google Maps Driving Speed

[kandrathe]

I don't get this reaction kandrathe.
We were talking about liabilty in case of accidents with self diving cars. Subsequently about the accident involving a truck and a Tesla and what was wrong with the self driving system of the Tesla. Someone remarked that the cause of the incident was the mistake the truck driver and I made my remark because it was 'funny'' to discus the issues with self driving cars using an incident that was caused by a human driver.

Nowhere did I say we need to outlaw driving.

The truck driver did that thing they do when they make wide turns. He crossed from the right lane to make a left turn, assuming the driver behind him would see his asshat move, brake, and be inconvenienced. or, maybe just drove across the two lane road...

The NTSB found it was visible for at least seven seconds before the crash, but he never tried to brake or swerve. For comparison, seven seconds is long enough to say "He should have seen the truck," four times--and certainly long enough to have braked and possibly avoided the collision

The second problem was that Tesla sensors failed to see the truck against the sky. But, what killed the man was his carelessness. The way you said that, to me, implied the problem was the truck was being driven by a human.

P.S. Upon further reading of the NTSB case file, I'm unsure if the truck driver was turning or just crossing the road. One thing I did learn though, was that the driver also set the cruise speed at 74 mph ( in a 65 mph zone), and did not swerve or brake before impacting the trailer (which killed him pretty much instantly), then careening off the road through a drainage ditch, two fences, before finding and snapping a telephone pole. Had the driver not passed under the middle of the semi-trailer, ripping the top off the car , and suffering massive head trauma, he might have survived the ditch, fences, and telephone pole.