WATCH: High Speed Tesla Crash Underscores The Risks In Self Driving Technology

We’ve written about the hacker/security researcher who goes by GreenTheOnly on Twitter before, as he has done a lot of digging into the data stored in modern cars, with a focus on Teslas. As a result, occasionally salvage yards will send him black boxes and memory modules from cars, which is how he acquired this video and data from a wrecked Tesla. The video shows a pretty harrowing high-speed impact with another car, and while Autopilot was not active right at the time of impact, I think the problems of any Level 2 semi-autonomous system are involved here.

Speed differential at impact 63MPH
This was not on autopilot at impact, but AP disengaged like 40 seconds before due to FCW. There was another FCW 2+ seconds before this impact. pic.twitter.com/nOhh9bzMAI
— green (@greentheonly) November 12, 2020

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atc98092 - 11/12/2020 3:39:42 PM

+4 Boost

A 40 second warning and the idiot driver still didn't slow? Doesn't matter what the car is, this is a driver failure.

MDarringer - 11/12/2020 6:52:45 PM

+2 Boost

Not when Tesla promises you full autonomous driving.

MDarringer - 11/12/2020 6:11:28 PM

+1 Boost

OK riddle me this: why does autopilot disengage in a situation like that? Wouldn't it be logical to assume that Tesla's superior technology would save the day?

The Civic driver needs to sue the other driver for millions and Tesla for tens of millions. What the Tesla driver did was criminal.

SanJoseDriver - 11/13/2020 2:37:13 AM

+3 Boost

It disengaged well before when the driver took it above 95 mph.

MDarringer - 11/13/2020 8:14:56 AM

-1 Boost

You missed the point dumb ass.

t_bone - 11/12/2020 7:36:32 PM

+1 Boost

Autonomous driving...is it gonna send it?

SanJoseDriver - 11/13/2020 2:36:02 AM

+3 Boost

I guess no one really read the information.

1.) Autopilot was not on for at least 40 seconds before the accident. At that speed, you are talking close to 2 miles of distance before the accident where the driver had control.

2.) The car was going over 130 miles.

3.) Autopilot does NOT BRAKE if the accelerator is pressed.

4.) Above 95 MPH, Autopilot will give you a shitton of warning and then disengage. The only way to even do this is to hold the accelerator down since the software won't let you set it above 95.

Obviously, this is not an issue with Autopilot but the driver who was being completely reckless.

MDarringer - 11/13/2020 8:15:35 AM

-1 Boost

Autopilot is clearly faulty technology that does not improve safety.

trmckin - 11/13/2020 11:10:31 AM

+1 Boost

must be in need of more updates. The driver and the cars. Neither seem ready for public roads.

ctsang - 11/16/2020 1:42:08 PM

+1 Boost

nothing to see here, it's driver's fault; can happen with any car/truck