It is expected that this will facilitate the investigation of automobile accidents.
In Europe, they want to require automakers to equip cars with Autonomous control systems “black boxes”. This initiative was organized by the Ministry of transport of Germany.
In the event of an accident using data of flight recorders can be set when the driver operated the car alone, and when he handed over control to the autopilot. Also on the legislative level it is planned to prohibit drivers to leave unmanned vehicle. The Ministry of transport believes that people should always be able to take over in case of an emergency situation.
On such measures the German authorities are going to go after an accident with the participation of the autopilot Tesla. In result of road accident the driver of the electric vehicle died. During the investigation it was established that at the time of the accident the car was unmanned. This incident occurred on may 7 in Williston, Florida. The accident happened when a cargo truck turned left in front of the car at the intersection.
In turn, Tesla stated that this is the first known case of an accident with a fatal outcome during the use of autopilot on her car. The company explained that neither the driver of the Tesla nor the autopilot had not noticed the white trailer truck with the bright lights, so the brake was not applied. High ground clearance of the trailer, its position on the track and “extremely unusual circumstances” of the accident led to the fact that the lower part of the truck collided with the front windshield of the Model S, Tesla said.
The Tesla representative said that the autopilot is a helper function and requires the driver to keep hands on the wheel. The car constantly reminds us of this and automatically slows down until the driver put both hands on the wheel. The autopilot feature is still in beta testing, the company said.
