Tesla owners ignored safety recommendations and lowered his hands from the steering wheel

As you know, last Thursday Tesla Model S has received a firmware update version 7.0, which added to the electric cars feature the autopilot. On the Internet a few hours later began to appear video , on which the Model S owners try how it works. Interestingly, in the press release , dedicated to the issue of updates, it makes it clear not only that the new feature has the status of "beta "but also that drivers should keep their hands on the steering wheel. TheVerge собрал video compilation from which it is clear that, in all probability, the owners of Tesla also carefully read the "User Agreement", as is commonly done when you install other programs.

In a short video with the characteristic name is clearly seen that Tesla problems when approaching the vehicle moving in the opposite lane and the driver barely has time to turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction. To its credit, Tesla is necessary to recognize that the system submits a characteristic sound signal before being counter car was very close, and if the driver really had his hands on the steering wheel, then all would do:



The following video Tesla is confident enough, is still in the multiband highway with well-marked a dividing strip. But as soon as the driver tries to move out of the obviously secondary one-way road, the car continues to travel and the right autopilot again have to urgently correct:



Earlier he Elon Musk in an interview with BBC hoped , that feature the autopilot will leave unharmed pedestrians and clearly stressed that in any accident driver anyway have to answer, without the possibility to shift the responsibility for the software.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/264474/