Agreed automatic driving! What do you think of another Tesla truck that crashed into a rollover?

"Boom ..." With the successful launch of the Space X manned dragon spacecraft and the successful completion of the docking mission of the space station, the news spread all over the world. At the same time, Tesla's share price rose sharply, with an increase of over 7%.

"Bang ..." With a loud noise, a high-speed Tesla Model 3 crashed into a white van that rolled over on the road on a highway in Taiwan Province Province, and the video of the accident was instantly brushed all over the world.

Two things happened around Children's Day, less than 48 hours apart, which also made Tesla mixed.

Forget the rocket. Just look at the plane crash in Taiwan Province province. The specific situation of the accident is that at 6: 36 am on June 1 2020, a white van rolled over on the expressway in Chiayi County, Taiwan Province Province, and occupied the first lane and the second lane. Just as the driver was waiting for rescue, a Tesla Model 3 model coming from behind hit the truck body with great momentum. Fortunately, this truck is filled with a kind of ingredients similar to cream, so the buffer is relatively large. Although the front of Model 3 was seriously damaged, the driver did not have any serious problems. In addition, after the accident, the rear vehicles saw the situation in time and did not cause a second accident.

Later, according to the driver's memory, the Model 3 he was driving turned on the Autopilot driver's assistance, and the speed was about 1 10km/h, but he was really distracted and didn't have time to brake when he saw the rollover truck. In addition, according to the alcohol test conducted by the local police, the driver is not suspected of drunk driving. So obviously, the main responsibility lies with the driver. The main reason for this accident is the lax thinking and driving distraction caused by trusting Tesla's Autopilot driver assistance function too much. However, Tesla is also to blame.

To be honest, Tesla and vans, especially white vans, seem to have a puzzling origin, because similar incidents have happened more than once. For example, on May 7th, 20 16, a Tesla Model S crashed into a white van that was crossing the road and the autopilot was turned on. The Model S passed under the truck and the roof was cut off. The driver died on the spot.

On March 20 19 1 day, a similar accident happened again, also in Florida, USA. Like this accident, the "protagonists" of the accident were Model 3 and a white van, and Model 3 was also a truck that hit with autopilot turned on. The roof of Model 3 was cut off and the driver died on the spot.

So these three accidents have one thing in common, that is, the cars that Tesla hit were all white vans. However, the autopilot system carried by the early Tesla Model S was relatively backward in both hardware and software technology. Model 3 is equipped with Tesla's latest generation of autonomous driving technology, equipped with front millimeter-wave radar, eight cameras and 12 ultrasonic sensor around the car body, and the autonomous driving chip comes from NVIDIA.

It can be said that today's Model 3 is better than the Model S by going up one flight of stairs four years ago in driver assistance technology, including the number of sensors, chip processing speed, software functions and so on. However, the white van is like Tesla's spell, and Tesla is planted on it again. Fortunately, the accident did not cause any casualties.

Is autopilot/assisted driving trustworthy today?

Tesla's Autopilot function has caused many casualties around the world. Of course, it is unfair to throw all the pots at Tesla. However, it is undeniable that Tesla does regard the automatic driving function as an extremely important selling point in the promotion of products, and Tesla terminal dealers are also trying their best to blow this function, which is easy for consumers who don't know the truth to believe.

However, this road is a highly dangerous place. If the driver is careless or distracted during driving, it may lead to an accident. What's more, the danger of the road lies in the instantaneous and changeable road conditions. Even drivers who have been driving for decades, have driven various models and are very familiar with roads and vehicles may not be foolproof, let alone hand them over to a computer system with only some fixed algorithms.

Therefore, I would like to remind drivers and friends that at this stage, don't listen to the so-called automatic driving and advanced assisted driving. The existence of these technologies is only a preventive measure, and cannot completely replace human beings to control vehicles. Even if the car in your hand reaches the so-called L2 level of automatic driving, you must never take your hands off the steering wheel during driving, and you must never relax mentally. Your eyes, hands and feet should focus on driving.

Written at the end: The traffic accident of Tesla Model 3 in Taiwan Province Province once again reminds us that the so-called autonomous driving has not reached the level that human beings can rest assured, and the gap is still far away. The mission of human beings as drivers is far from over. So when driving, safety comes first. Never be distracted while driving, and never leave the steering wheel with your hands, so that you and the people in the car are under control.

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