Tesla mulling two theories to explain 'Autopilot' crash: source | Reuters
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Tesla is considering whether the radar and camera input for the vehicle’s automatic emergency braking system failed to detect the truck trailer or the automatic braking system’s radar may have detected the trailer but discounted this input as part of a design to "tune out" structures such as bridges to avoid triggering false braking[.]
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Musk wrote in a June 30 tweet that "radar tunes out what looks like an overhead road sign to avoid false braking events."
Tesla said in a June blog post that "neither Autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractor-trailer against a brightly lit sky."
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The source said Tesla also told committee staffers it views braking failure as separate and distinct from its "Autopilot” function, which manages steering, changing lanes, and adjusting travel speed.
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The report said the NTSB confirmed the Model S driver was using the advanced driver assistance features Traffic-Aware Cruise Control and Autosteer lane-keeping assistance at the time. The NTSB has not yet determined the probable cause of the crash.
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So it may have been caused by overhead road sign blanking... and Tesla says it wasn't AutoPilot but BrakeAssist that got it wrong.
Even so, without AutoPilot nobody would dare watch a movie trusting just BrakeAssist would keep them safe.
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