Tesla crashes in self driving mode.

[ZR]

The driver killed when his Tesla sedan crashed while in self-driving mode was travelling at 9 mph above the speed limit just before hitting the side of a tractor-trailer, federal accident investigators said Tuesday.
Data downloaded from the Tesla Model S shows the vehicle was travelling at 74 mph in a 65-mph zone on a divided highway in Williston, Florida, near Gainesville, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a preliminary report.
The driver, Joshua Brown, 40, a tech company owner from Canton, Ohio, was using the sedan's cruise control and lane-keeping features at the time, the report said. Those features are part of the vehicle's Autopilot self-driving system, but the NTSB report doesn't mention the system.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is also investigating the crash, has previously said the Autopilot was engaged.
The Tesla's roof struck the underside of the truck's 53-foot semitrailer at a 90-degree angle, shearing off the sedan's roof before it emerged on the other side of the trailer, according to the report. The truck was making a left turn at the time.
The sedan is equipped with automatic emergency braking. Tesla and NHTSA have previously said the Autopilot was unable to distinguish the white side of the truck from the brightly lit sky and there was no attempt to brake by either the self-driving system or Brown.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn't address the report Tuesday at an event at the company's battery factory in Nevada. But he did reiterate that the company will press ahead with semi-autonomous driving features, which can prevent injuries and accidents.
"I think it's been unequivocally a good thing," Musk said.

[Ponyryd]

I honestly could never understand who would trust a car to drive itself.
Rip to the vehicle owner

[ZR]

You and me both brother.

[ZR]

Apparently he'd previously posted several U Tube vids of the car operating in self driving mode.

[Ponyryd]

The systems are getting better, but they are nowhere near self-driving yet, I don't think they ever will be. Luckily he was the only one killed.

[StAnger]

Call me a Luddite, but I don't care for all this electronic garbage.

[Ponyryd]

Would this entire incident not even the truck drivers fault? The report says the car struck the truck while it was turning, so did it not simply turn in front of the tesla? I'm sure many of us would have hit the truck also.

[Blackmare]

Call me a Luddite, but I don't care for all this electronic garbage.

Luddite!

[ZR]

To me, all this technology is producing even worse drivers. If the car can't save em, the driver certainly has no skillz.

[Ponyryd]

^100% trust right there. All the driving AIDS are taking the "driving" out of driving, nobody actually tries to be a good driver anymore, they just rely on the car to stay in its lane, stop, park, etc......it's really getting bad. It clearly doesn't work though, even with the electronics people still don't get that you need to actually drive and focus on driving.
Backup sensors/cameras are a perfect example. My wife's friend backed into a light pole and damaged her escape even though the sensors were beeping, same thing with my sister. Pay attention people!