Tesla Model X driver says Autopilot helped him drive to hospital while suffering from an embolism - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Tobba;50839000]You're seriously expecting a user to read a popup?[/QUOTE] When you change a setting and a pop-up in your $55,000+ car comes up that doesn't start with stuff about a licence agreement comes up I think most people will generally read it.

[QUOTE=Supacasey;50838997]we're literally in a thread where it saved a dudes life, what are you doing[/QUOTE] Um!! We're in a thread where this feature encouraged hilariously reckless behavior??

[QUOTE=Downsider;50839968]Um!! We're in a thread where this feature encouraged hilariously reckless behavior??[/QUOTE] He was already driving though. It's not like he was like oh shit this really hurts better start driving. We hear about people becoming incapacitated while driving and losing control all the time. At least with Autopilot even if you became fully incapacitated it would stop the car and put the hazards on eventually.

If your mother is so bad at using technology (mine is too) why would she even be attempting to use it? It's not like you can accidentally turn it on, accidentally press I agree, and then accidentally not press the brake to turn it off.

To be fair to the guy as well, from my personal experience a massive P.E is a condition where you go from feeling fine to feeling on the verge of collapse very quickly. At most he probably felt out of breath beforehand.

Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!!

[QUOTE=Downsider;50840898]Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!![/QUOTE] Most people don't pull over when they feel ill or drowsy in regular cars though. AP will make it a lot less likely that they are in an accident. [QUOTE]According to the National Sleep Foundation’s 2005 Sleep in America poll, 60% of adult drivers – about 168 million people – say they have driven a vehicle while feeling drowsy in the past year, and more than one-third, (37% or 103 million people), have actually fallen asleep at the wheel! In fact, of those who have nodded off, 13% say they have done so at least once a month. Four percent – approximately eleven million drivers – admit they have had an accident or near accident because they dozed off or were too tired to drive. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://drowsydriving.org/about/facts-and-stats/"]Source[/URL]

[QUOTE=Downsider;50840898]Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!![/QUOTE] But that's exactly what didn't happen? [editline]6th August 2016[/editline] Hell, I wish more sleepy/drowsy/disoriented/dying drivers had Autopilot. There would've been a lot less preventable deaths from people not listening to their body's warning.

[QUOTE=Downsider;50840898]Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!![/QUOTE] what the fuck are you talking about you're literally in a thread with a situation where that didn't happen at all i guess we're just gonna start making up crazy things that could happen now or something

[QUOTE=Downsider;50840898]Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!![/QUOTE] You're assuming people are actually rational actors lmao. Most people are irrational as fuck and would assume that, despite being on deaths door, [I]"I can totally make it to the hospital guys don't worry"[/I], is a perfectly valid thing to do straight away. Especially in the USA it seems, where every time people ask "why didn't they call 911?" the common response is "it'd take too long".

If you're in a car it is going to be faster to get to the hospital than them try and come and find you, whether you believe it or not. [editline]6th August 2016[/editline] Being at deaths door makes people even more irrational you act like nearly dying is a process of complete sanity.

[QUOTE=Downsider;50840898]Normal person: Oh no, I feel faint, I will pull over and dial 911!! Retard equipped with autopilot: Oh no, I feel faint, Siri, where is the nearest hospital? *20 car pileup* oops!![/QUOTE] It is up to the driver to make the judgement, you can't pin the blame on the autopilot, some people will pull over, some will rush to the nearest hospital. It also depends on how badly the driver is hindered on operating the vehicle, there simply isn't a simple yes or no answer. Sometimes it might cause a fatal accident and sometimes it might get some life-saving minutes. All the autopilot does is shift the balance, how much, that depends on the individual and the situation.