Yepp, most advance system out there..
That article is completely erroneous. Not about the collisions, but about the way Tesla's (stupidly named) autopilot software works. It is part of a campaign, combined with a number of TV commercials, to mislead the public and damage Tesla.
Complaints about Tesla's autopilot have been brought up before, but went nowhere, because the public has a huge misunderstanding of what autopilot entails. There is a misconception that autopilot allows the operator of a plane, to just push a button and the plane will handle everything, while the pilot goes off and bangs a stewardess in the bathroom. This perception is a massive myth -- the pilot has to remain, since there are many things autopilot can't do. This is why calling Tesla's software "autopilot" is a huge mistake... Because of mythical public perception of what autopilot actually does, in planes (where the public has zero first hand experience.)
The way Tesla's autopilot works, it assumes the driver is there watching, and ready to take the controls if there are any obstructions in the cars path. It is more of a "driver assist" program, than a mythical autopilot program. It only tracks objects around it, moving in the same direction. It does not detect stationary objects in the car's path -- that is the human driver's responsibility.
This is all explained in the manual, and is the reason it clearly states that the autopilot feature is only to be used on divided one-way highways, with exit ramps (everything moving one direction, few stationary objects.)
The problem is, no one reads the manual! They just head off on a two-way, single lane highway with autopilot set while they watch something on their phone, and inevitably slam into a stationary object like a disabled vehicle, partly in the road. There were a bunch of YouTube videos about people riding with autopilot on, while they played cards, ate lunch, watched movies, etc. Several of the YouTubers died, when they slammed into stationary objects on the highway. One of them because a poorly trained truck driver, made an illegal turn in front of him, after crossing the median. Most, if not all of these videos have been pulled. The only place you might be able to see them was on a Frontline (PBS) show, that seems to have been pulled as well (probably due to multiple lawsuits and loss of life.)
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