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[Ever Ready]

Portable DVD player reportedly found in car.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-dvd-idUSKCN0ZH5BW

[Doctor Gollum]

Portable DVD player reportedly found in car.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-dvd-idUSKCN0ZH5BW

No mention of anyone else in the car, but he did regularly drive 1,200 miles from Virginia to Florida with family in the car including his children...

No more conclusive than finding a half drunk coffee in the passenger footwell following a crash...

[biggriffin]

Portable DVD player reportedly found in car.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-dvd-idUSKCN0ZH5BW

No mention of anyone else in the car, but he did regularly drive 1,200 miles from Virginia to Florida with family in the car including his children...

No more conclusive than finding a half drunk coffee in the passenger footwell following a crash...

Read #8.
Also what's conclusive about finding 1/2 a cup of coffee in a crashed vehicle, most Muppets now drink red bull, (other sh%t is available)
IF YOUR TIRED STOP HAVE A NAP.

[Doctor Gollum]

That's my point... A dvd player is no more conclusive than a half drunk coffee...

Even if he was asleep the car should have reacted to the truck... The Tesla system works by alerting the driver to a situation. If the driver fails to respond then the car should stop. Clearly the car either failed to 'see' the truck or didn't have time to respond to the driver not resuming control...

[Kevin Wood]

Autopilots have been used in aviation and the marine environment for decades, but at the end of the day it is up to the crew to monitor the systems no system like this no matter how sophisticated is 100% perfect, though Tesla are certainly leading the field, feel sorry for the relatives left behind to pick up the pieces. Guess he won't be charged?

Autopilots in aviation also work in a controlled environment where everything that's there is known about. On top of that, aircraft in that airspace all carry transponders that positively locate them so systems know where other traffic is without having to rely on a camera and some image processing. Expecting a car to be able to drive autonomously in the environment in which it is used is daft, and I'm not sure why it's so hyped at the moment other than our apparent inability to teach people to drive these days. 

As said, if you can't be @rsed to pay attention when driving, taxis, buses and trains are available.

[Rods2]

Autopilots have been used in aviation and the marine environment for decades, but at the end of the day it is up to the crew to monitor the systems no system like this no matter how sophisticated is 100% perfect, though Tesla are certainly leading the field, feel sorry for the relatives left behind to pick up the pieces. Guess he won't be charged?

Autopilots in aviation also work in a controlled environment where everything that's there is known about. On top of that, aircraft in that airspace all carry transponders that positively locate them so systems know where other traffic is without having to rely on a camera and some image processing. Expecting a car to be able to drive autonomously in the environment in which it is used is daft, and I'm not sure why it's so hyped at the moment other than our apparent inability to teach people to drive these days. 

As said, if you can't be @rsed to pay attention when driving, taxis, buses and trains are available.

In the US with generally poor to non-existent public transport, not being able to drive due to age or disability is a major problem and after reducing accidents, injuries and deaths it is number two on Google's priorities list.

[Kevin Wood]

Autopilots have been used in aviation and the marine environment for decades, but at the end of the day it is up to the crew to monitor the systems no system like this no matter how sophisticated is 100% perfect, though Tesla are certainly leading the field, feel sorry for the relatives left behind to pick up the pieces. Guess he won't be charged?

Autopilots in aviation also work in a controlled environment where everything that's there is known about. On top of that, aircraft in that airspace all carry transponders that positively locate them so systems know where other traffic is without having to rely on a camera and some image processing. Expecting a car to be able to drive autonomously in the environment in which it is used is daft, and I'm not sure why it's so hyped at the moment other than our apparent inability to teach people to drive these days. 

As said, if you can't be @rsed to pay attention when driving, taxis, buses and trains are available.

In the US with generally poor to non-existent public transport, not being able to drive due to age or disability is a major problem and after reducing accidents, injuries and deaths it is number two on Google's priorities list.

Seems a bit of a roundabout way of fixing public transport and accessibility, but no worse than their "solution" to gun crime, I suppose.

[ronnyd]

Slighty off topic, called in a pub called The Elveden Inn, near Thetford Forest Centre Parcs, and they were setting up a row of Tesla charging points. Had  Tesla there too so went for a look. Guys were very friendly and answered all of my questions.

[Shackeng]

Portable DVD player reportedly found in car.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-dvd-idUSKCN0ZH5BW

See OP #1.

[Kevin Wood]

Slighty off topic, called in a pub called The Elveden Inn, near Thetford Forest Centre Parcs, and they were setting up a row of Tesla charging points. Had  Tesla there too so went for a look. Guys were very friendly and answered all of my questions.

Does that mean you can get all the way to Norwich in an electric car now?

Best inform the locals before they start burning the drivers at the stake.

[ronnyd]

Says the charge time is 1hr, and it,s FREE. Car cost 50k though.

[Doctor Gollum]

Says the charge time is 1hr, and it,s FREE. Car cost 50k though.

Worth every penny... They're beautifully put together 

[aaronjb]

They really are. If I could justify the cost on a commuting car I'd get the P60

[Shackeng]

Had one in front of us yesterday on the MK roundabout circuit, definitely has some ooomph.

[Doctor Gollum]

They really are. If I could justify the cost on a commuting car I'd get the P60

Do the maths carefully... the fuel savings go along way towards the lease cost...