Source: https://www.autopilotreview.com/tesla-autopilot-accidents-causes/
The NTSB investigated the collision as they would a plane crash, looking into the nuances of the accident to determine the cause. Because planes are years ahead of cars in terms of autonomy, the autonomous car market can learn a lot from aviation. Pilots and crew members have been responsible for not engaging hands-on operation because they were distracted or overly confident in the autopilot features. Because of this, many people advocate to skip “level 3” autonomy, where a driver takes over when the car’s autonomy can’t handle a situation, for “level 4” autonomy, which is equipped to handle situations even when a driver ignores the recommendation to take over.
I follow aviation accidents and this is a real problem. More than a few cases have the cockpit crew discussing something confusing them when if they'd turned off the autopilot, they would be able to deal with the problem. Typically a sensor fails and some of the alternate sensors are reporting what doesn't make sense to the crew. It was a bad sensor.
Bob Wilson
The NTSB investigated the collision as they would a plane crash, looking into the nuances of the accident to determine the cause. Because planes are years ahead of cars in terms of autonomy, the autonomous car market can learn a lot from aviation. Pilots and crew members have been responsible for not engaging hands-on operation because they were distracted or overly confident in the autopilot features. Because of this, many people advocate to skip “level 3” autonomy, where a driver takes over when the car’s autonomy can’t handle a situation, for “level 4” autonomy, which is equipped to handle situations even when a driver ignores the recommendation to take over.
I follow aviation accidents and this is a real problem. More than a few cases have the cockpit crew discussing something confusing them when if they'd turned off the autopilot, they would be able to deal with the problem. Typically a sensor fails and some of the alternate sensors are reporting what doesn't make sense to the crew. It was a bad sensor.
Bob Wilson