Tesla Autopilot prevents astir 40 crashes per time that would person been caused by abrupt unintended acceleration (SUA). This quality comes from Tesla’s Autopilot Software Director, Ashok Elluswamy, who shared this quality during his workshop astatine the Conference connected Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) successful New Orleans earlier this summer. He aboriginal published the store connected YouTube and shared it connected Twitter.

These predictions are already utilized to forestall a batch of collisions. For e.g., Autopilot prevents ~40 crashes / time wherever quality drivers mistakenly property the accelerator astatine 100% alternatively of the brakes. In the video Autopilot automatically brakes, redeeming this person's legs (7/12) pic.twitter.com/XtMssPT9cM

— Ashok Elluswamy (@aelluswamy) August 21, 2022

In the video, Ashok goes implicit however Autopilot is capable to debar collisions and highlighted immoderate of the information features that Autopilot has.

“Here, I’m showing a peculiar mode of nonaccomplishment of humans wherever they accidentally property the accelerator pedal alternatively of the brake pedal. For example, these radical are pressing the accelerator pedal reasoning that they’re pressing the brake pedal. But the car realizes that they are doing this and are heading towards a collision and automatically cuts retired the acceleration, and presses the brake to forestall the humans from colliding.”

Ashok explained that this peculiar operator would person launched their car into a stream if it wasn’t for Autopilot redeeming them. He shared different video of wherever a idiosyncratic was trying to parkland but they pressed the accelerator alternatively of the brake. Tesla Autopilot prevented them from crashing into the storefront and the pedestrian that was going inside.

Although Autopilot saves galore humans, Ashok emphasized that much collisions stay to beryllium prevented. He shared instances wherever drivers would misapply the pedals and would beryllium saved by Autopilot. In 1 video, the driver’s determination to power gears and reverse astatine afloat velocity caused them to deed the garage.

“While that’s incredibly sad, I’m gladsome nary 1 was harmed successful this accident, but it’s benignant of senseless to collide erstwhile we person a large strategy that tin observe wide obstacles,” helium said.

Ashok besides pointed retired the 3 things a self-driving car needs to beryllium useful: safe, comfortable, and reasonably fast. You tin ticker the afloat store successful the video below.

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Tesla Autopilot prevents ~40 crashes per time caused by SUA