[SystemSafety] Tesla Crash Docket Opened

Peter Bernard Ladkin ladkin at causalis.com
Sun Jun 25 07:21:13 CEST 2017


In Risks Forum 30.34 there was a reference to a Washington Post article on the Tesla crash
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/06/20/the-driver-who-died-in-a-tesla-crash-using-autopilot-ignored-7-safety-warnings/

Apparently the driver was warned six times audibly and seven times visually to keep his hands on the
wheel. Apparently he also made "no effort to brake, steer or otherwise avert" the collision. The
article also points out some of the supervisory-control HF issues that have been known in general
for a few decades, namely that drivers can have trouble retaking manual control, and overcorrect or
undercorrect direction with the steering wheel.

The NTSB has publicly released the docket https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20170619.aspx

An NTSB docket includes factual information, including the results of any testing and practical
investigation of pertinent phenomena. It is not a "final report", in which general attributions of
causality can be expected.

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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