It was an accident waiting to happen – the car industry, the press and the public only if questioned about when. It was on May 7, in the US state of Florida, a collision involving an autonomous car (ie, which leads alone) resulted first in a death. The victim was Joshua Brown, 40, the owner of a Tesla Model S that has entrusted the car driving during a trip. Now, on Thursday, the US authorities announced the opening of a formal investigation into the case.
The news of the accident risks undermining the confidence of consumers in autonomous driving technology and already penalizes actions American Tesla, the most enthusiastic promoter of this system, with the company registering a decline of 3% on the Nasdaq. Other technology giants or the automotive industry, such as Google or General Motors, are investing in autonomous driving and the year 2020 has been touted as a likely date for the start of mass technology.
The collision which has now cast doubt on the perception that a computer more safely guide than a human being happened at an intersection in Williston, near Orlando. Tesla did not activate the automatic braking system and crashed into a truck. According to the car manufacturer, the software vehicle failed to recognize the obstacle to failing to distinguish between white trailer and a particularly bright sky at the time of the accident.
Brown, who died instantly, was an innovation enthusiast in the automotive field, having published over the past few months several videos to compliment the automatic driving system of the electric vehicle. In the latest video, dated April, the veteran of the US Navy showed precisely how your Tesla had avoided a potentially fatal collision on a motorway to identify a dangerous maneuver a truck.
“The Tessy (name that Brown gave his Tesla) behaved very well. I have done many tests with car sensors and with the capabilities of software . The car has always impressed me, but had not yet tested the system against side collisions, “wrote the car owner later involved in the fatal accident in Florida.
In an official statement, Tesla lamented Brown’s death, but defended the technology, noting that this was the first fatal accident in more than 200 million kilometers made by car on autopilot, and that the value of the conventional car is twice as severe.
the ability automatic driving option is available on the Tesla Model S since 2014 but there is still a legal vacuum on this technology in what is the world’s largest car market – the United States. Research of the National Administration for Safety Traffic on Highways (NHTSA in English acronym) comes a few weeks of publication awaited by that agency of a set of recommendations for car test on autopilot on public roads. survey findings may also have a major impact in a debate that is at the beginning in the legislative field is concerned, but that already has been ongoing for several years in academia.
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