QuantumSpecter to TechnologyEnglish · 11 hours agoTesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down17
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkTesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comQuantumSpecter to TechnologyEnglish · 11 hours agomessage-square47linkfedilink
minus-squareGrimylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·9 hours ago the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software. Yes the naming convention is dumb but it wasn’t at fault here.
minus-squaretakeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 hours agoCan we trust that pedal didn’t malfunction this time and was actually pressed?
minus-squarekn33linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoEven if that was the case, the driver should’ve pressed the brakes which would’ve overrode the accelerator.
Yes the naming convention is dumb but it wasn’t at fault here.
Can we trust that pedal didn’t malfunction this time and was actually pressed?
Even if that was the case, the driver should’ve pressed the brakes which would’ve overrode the accelerator.