# Tesla autopilot crash **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985 "2017-07-17T19:59:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/1 "2017-07-17T19:59:40Z")
driver got confused and rolled his autopilot tesla in mn this weekend. he was on rural road and hit the accelerator and did not realize that doing so would disengage the auto pilot. unfortunately he was coming up to a curve in road and ran off into ditch and rolled the car. i would think there would be a blaring announcement over the speakers that said AUTOPILOT OFF!!! curve approaching. duh. grab the wheel you IDIOT all the bleeping radars and sensors and car sees that curve is approaching and detects NO steering wheel movement or brakes? i thought many new cars had lane departure and auto braking for cars stopped ahead of you and it totally ignores the obvious fact car is going to go into ditch? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/2 "2017-07-17T20:15:31Z")
Here’s the drivers latest statement, sounds like it was his fault all the way: "To the best of my recollection I had engaged the autopilot system but then I had disengaged it by stepping on accelerator. I then remember looking up and seeing the sharp left turn which I was accelerating into. I believe we started to make the turn but then felt the car give way and lose its footing like we hit loose gravel. That was the feeling that I was trying to describe to you that I had lost control of the vehicle. The next thing I know tall grass is whipping past the windshield and we were traveling at an odd angle in the ditch and then flipped over the right side and ended up on the roof. I am truly thankful for the safety features that Tesla had put into this car that saved all 5 of us from serious injury." ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/3 "2017-07-17T20:22:00Z")
Yeah… the problem with Autopilot is EXACTLY the same problem as manually driven cars… The NUT behind the wheel! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/4 "2017-07-17T20:22:45Z")
maybe the software programmers should dial in a feature where the autopilot is on heightened alert whenever you turn it off? where it will give you LOTS of audible warnings when you switch it off. than after 3-5 minutes or so of the driver ACTUALLY steering and stopping, it might really go into sleep mode? CURVE approaching. radar says a car ahead of you is going slower than you are? car is drifting out of lane? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/5 "2017-07-17T20:24:17Z")
Here is what I don’t understand: Using auto pilot on what was apparently not a limited access multi-lane highway-with four other people in the car-stepping on accelerator before looking up. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/6 "2017-07-17T20:33:02Z")
Seems like Tesla is really in the news: > **[Thieves Are Managing To Steal A Number Of Teslas Right Now And No One's Exactly...](https://jalopnik.com/thieves-are-managing-to-steal-a-number-of-teslas-right-1796980176)** > > It’s unusual to hear about a rash of thefts involving Tesla vehicles—they’re not Hondas after all—but a group of thieves in the Netherlands have managed to steal nearly a dozen of the luxury cars, according to Electrek, and no one’s sure why just... ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/7 "2017-07-17T20:33:11Z")
As the Japanese say, there is no medicine for stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/8 "2017-07-18T01:57:17Z")
Driver error This reminds me of stories of guys who activate their cruise control on the freeway, then get out of the driver’s seat, to do other things, and expect everything will be okay 😄 ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/9 "2017-07-18T02:11:46Z")
Like commercial and military aircraft. They now tend to have flashing red lights and audible warnings when autopilot is disengaged. Fortunately aircraft pilots may have minutes to respond. Motor vehicle drivers will likely have seconds. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/10 "2017-07-18T02:14:00Z")
I agree 100% ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/11 "2017-07-18T02:30:37Z")
> [@VOLVO\_V70](#): > > Here is what I don’t understand: Using auto pilot on what was apparently not a limited access multi-lane highway-with four other people in the car-stepping on accelerator before looking up. Explanation: Some people are idiots. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tesla-autopilot-crash/105985/12 "2017-07-18T19:46:25Z")
Never mind. The driver changed his mind. It wasn’t the autopilot’s fault.