True. Like whenever Tesla claims almost every autopilot related crash is actually """driver error"""
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Two Apple Self-Driving Cars Involved in Rear-End Collisions While in Manual Mode, Marking First Minor Incidents in Two Years
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True. Like whenever Tesla claims almost every autopilot related crash is actually """driver error"""
I guess I don't know what this proves? I do the same when I notice a car flying in my direction, and I have the option to pull away. What can the Tesla do when there is a car directly in front of it?
Since you TLDRd it, you likely were not aware that one of these incidents involved a car being backed into by a car leaving a parking spot. I don't even think a Tesla will jackrabbit into reverse to avoid such an incident.
I do agree Tesla has some good automation, It just isn't a fix for everything.
The lesson being “never, ever stop”?
Actually, I wonder how many training epochs it takes for an AI to sufficiently reinforce the “**** happens” pathways…
This has nothing to do with operational Apple 'self driving' vehicles - shameless click bait!
Two seperate self driving vehicles hit whilst stopped and not in even in self driving mode.......
Two seperate self driving vehicles hit whilst stopped and not in even in self driving mode.......
So far two only two delusional and paranoid posters claiming Apple lied and is covering up what really happened, which is a pretty low number. A couple posting that ”Tesla would have done it better“ while ignoring the Apple cars were in manual mode, in parking lots, stopped, and struck by other vehicles at low speeds.
Only two lessons I see here: parking lots are hazardous and MacRumous is shamelessly using a click-bait headline. Neither fact is a surprise.
Only two lessons I see here: parking lots are hazardous and MacRumous is shamelessly using a click-bait headline. Neither fact is a surprise.
The other drivers were probably staring at the whole set up on the roof like what the hell is that and got distracted then hit the car
I want to address comments about the title of this article. It wasn't meant to be clickbait, and we often aim to have shorter titles that aren't exceedingly long. In this case, we wanted to focus on the part about it being two years since an incident last occurred, and because there was indeed a minor collision, it did not seem like an inaccurate way to describe what happened, especially as clarification is offered in the article.
That said, I understand the feedback and based on it, I have updated the headline to be clearer. Apologies for any misunderstandings, and it's never our aim to have misleading titles.
That said, I understand the feedback and based on it, I have updated the headline to be clearer. Apologies for any misunderstandings, and it's never our aim to have misleading titles.
I saw a video of a Tesla accelerating out of the way from being rear ended. It was three cars rear ending each other and right before the Tesla go hit it accelerated hard and then hit the breaks before hitting the car in front of it. Pretty impressive.
Would not be allowed on the road. All passenger carrying self driving cars require a steering wheel.
What a ridiculous attention grabbing headline. There is no story here other than two rear end accidents by other cars. Whether the cars were in manual or automatic mode is irrelevant because they were stopped.
Please don't publish garbage like this for clicks.
Please don't publish garbage like this for clicks.
That's one fugly looking car. I hope Apple steps up it's game in the design department before it releases this to the public.
Does it even matter? Both cars were stopped and got rear-ended! Unless you're suggesting there's a vertical take-off mode so the stopped car could have flew away instead of being hit?
LOL! Okay, you do realize this is a Lexus with sensors attached? This is not an Apple designed car.
I understand that the Apple car, being a testing vehicle, probably fully shuts off the system while in manual mode. However,
- Teslas (even those without FSD purchased) are always running the FSD computer and analyzing their surroundings to avoid potential accidents. Just look up "Tesla accident avoidance."
- The previous point is true in parking lots as well.
- And here as well.
- And here as well.
Teslas will do their best to avoid accidents or prevent as much injury/damage as possible. If you're rear-ended, the car will slam on the brakes to prevent you from hitting the car in front of you.
The Lexus IS an ugly car. Apple just made it uglier by attached all that other crap.
Okay, I am going to encourage the team to try one more time on the headline. Thank you for providing the links to the accident report that show one of the Apple cars was backed into while leaving a parking space and the damage to the Apple car was to the front-left quarter; it was not rear-ended in the usual sense of the term. Perhaps a minor detail but it is the headline and worth getting right.
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“All the other crap” meaning the sensors Apple is testing. Alright then, thank you for clarifying your perspective. I completely understand the relevance of your comment and will file it accordingly.
Yes.
>>Both of these incidents were not the fault of the self-driving vehicle or the person operating the vehicle, and are largely not notable. What is interesting, though, is that Apple vehicles were involved in two collisions in the same month after no accidents since September 2019.
So notable that two things that have a certain probability of happening, happen in proximity to each other.
Wait until they learn about coin tossing, we will be getting articles about 3 heads coming up in a row!
I was thinking that, it makes this a non-story really as accidents by humans happen every minute.
But were the automatic features turned off at the time? That would contradict my expectations, though it's great when it turns out.
We're in a weird era here. My car doesn't have a self-driving mode, but it still likes to hug lanes (if it can figure out where they are) and stop before rear ending someone (which I only found out because it started beeping for something else, distracting me, then hit the brakes as I was still reaching for them… call that a net zero, I guess). Yet if it can flawlessly avoid an accident, it's welcome to!
well, when in autopilot, they love running into stopped emergency vehicles, so…