Tesla crashes into tree. No one in the drivers seat.

[anonymous-user]

Car travelling at high speed, fails to take a bend in the road. Two people dead. One found in the rear seat and one in the passenger seat.

It would appear the stupid idea of showing off your Autopilot function by climbing into the passenger seat is still happening.

https://news.sky.com/story/two-men-killed-as-tesla...

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/19...

[garagewidow]

Who says AI doesn't have a conscience,.......first opportunity,bam!... brown bread.

Rise of the robots.

[Sheepshanks]

I suppose it should be compared to how many cars crashed that did have drivers in the driving seat.

[extraT]

Sheepshanks said:

I suppose it should be compared to how many cars crashed that did have drivers in the driving seat.

Where is that Michael Jackson eating popcorn meme gone....

[anonymous-user]

Sheepshanks said:

I suppose it should be compared to how many cars crashed that did have drivers in the driving seat.

Fair point!

[Richard-390a0]

Is the tree ok?

[carlove]

I thought Tesla had sensors on the drivers seat to make sure the driver didn’t leave the seat while driving? Autopilot would deactivate if nobody In drivers seats done after all those idiots showing off by sitting in the back when it was new.

[anonymous-user]

Richard-390a0 said:

Is the tree ok?

Few scorch marks but appears fine.

More than can be said for the car or the occupants unfortunately.

[Doofus]

garagewidow said:

Who says AI doesn't have a conscience,.......first opportunity,bam!... brown bread.

Rise of the robots.

Do you mean conciousness? It seems an odd thing to do if you have a conscience.

[PBCD]

carlove said:

I thought Tesla had sensors on the drivers seat to make sure the driver didn’t leave the seat while driving? Autopilot would deactivate if nobody In drivers seats...

Might that have happened in this case, but by the time he realised,
it was too late for him to get back to the drivers seat in time??

[TheK1981]

Knowing how good some kids are getting at hacking, I hope they have some sort of safety built in, otherwise whats stopping a hacker sending cars crashing all over the place?

[rscott]

TheK1981 said:

Knowing how good some kids are getting at hacking, I hope they have some sort of safety built in, otherwise whats stopping a hacker sending cars crashing all over the place?

Been a risk for a long time - https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kil...

[Dromedary66]

Lord Marylebone said:

Jesus Christ. They would have been cooked to a crisp.

[Penelope Stopit]

PBCD said:

carlove said:

I thought Tesla had sensors on the drivers seat to make sure the driver didn’t leave the seat while driving? Autopilot would deactivate if nobody In drivers seats...

Might that have happened in this case, but by the time he realised,
it was too late for him to get back to the drivers seat in time??

Thought the same thing

[Digga]

Well it is certainly peculiar. Fascinated to know if they will be able to establish the truth about this.

[anonymous-user]

Is it the batteries that have caused that fire after impact?

[TheK1981]

rscott said:

TheK1981 said:

Knowing how good some kids are getting at hacking, I hope they have some sort of safety built in, otherwise whats stopping a hacker sending cars crashing all over the place?

Been a risk for a long time - https://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kil...

Thats pretty scary, phones stop getting updates when a certain age, will that happen with cars meaning more are as risk.

[Joey Ramone]

Presumably. But rather more worrying was the fact that they kept re-igniting. Took the blaze four hours to burn out, apparently.

[anonymous-user]

carlove said:

I thought Tesla had sensors on the drivers seat to make sure the driver didn’t leave the seat while driving? Autopilot would deactivate if nobody In drivers seats done after all those idiots showing off by sitting in the back when it was new.

There are quite a few of videos on Youtube of people (idiots) letting their Tesla drive on Autopilot down the highway/road while they sit in the back seat or the passenger seat videoing it.

As far as I know there are sensors to stop this happening, but how they manage it is a mystery. I presume it gives you a certain amount of seconds to get back into the seat, or sense your weight, before it cancels Autopilot.

[Camelot1971]

Bluequay said:

Is it the batteries that have caused that fire after impact?

I'd expect so - some really scary videos on YouTube of lithium batteries burning when punctured.