[Dprglist] Tesla crash

[David Anderson]

So, thinking about the fatal crashes of Uber and Tesla the last few 
weeks and the building public backlash, I wondered  how it might affect 
the perception of the DPRG's own autonomous robot projects and future?

And then a new logo for our little group popped into my head that might 
be useful going forward, to separate us from the fray and make us more 
unique, and which I offer to the group thusly:

_The Dallas Personal Robotics Group_
/"We haven't killed anybody yet."

/A time will come when none of the big players in the field will be able 
to make a similar claim!

I'd wear that T-shirt.  Guess we'll need to trademark it.(TM)

cheers
dpa

PS:  I'm just assuming this is true.  Does anyone know otherwise?



On 03/31/2018 12:22 PM, John Swindle wrote:
> Why didn't the car nose-plant the driver on the windshield with a 
> rib-crushing panic stop? Brakes are always far, far more powerful than 
> engines, and those cars can accelerate wonderfully, so they can stop 
> even better. Even if it began a panic stop and could not avoid the 
> obstacle, the energy would be far less, and it's better to chance 
> being rear-ended than to definitely hit something.
> A friend's Toyota truck nose-plants me when someone crosses our lane 
> half a block away. Makes no sense for Uber and Tesla to not force 
> panic stops.
>
> Makes no sense.
>
> Also, Tesla is once again touting their safety record. This time, they 
> upped the statistic by about 10 times over the stat they used in their 
> previous fatality, when in fact the stats are at least twice as bad as 
> before.
>
> Makes no sense.
>
> Just don't hit anything. Anything. Learn to stop. No need to 
> special-case tens of thousands of conditions. Just don't hit anything.
>
> John Swindle
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Anderson via DPRGlist <dprglist at lists.dprg.org>
> To: dprglist <dprglist at dprg.org>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 31, 2018 11:56 am
> Subject: [Dprglist] Tesla crash
>
> New statement from Tesla about last week's fatal crash:
>
> <https://www.tesla.com/blog/update-last-week%E2%80%99s-accident>
>
> TL;DR summary: Autopilot was engaged but did not respond, three hands on
> wheel warnings were given to driver.
>
> -dpa
>
>
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