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04-19-2016, 03:28 PM
Tesla autopilot saves driver from collision, Elon Musk approves
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Tesla's Autopilot feature is often mentioned in the context of the vehicle driving itself, but it's actually much more of an assistance for the driver — and in certain situations, it can save you from an imminent crash.
That's what happened to Model S driver Joshua Brown, whose car automatically moved out of the way of a truck that nearly collided with the Tesla.*
SEE ALSO: Is the Tesla Model 3 hype for real? (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/tesla-model-3-mashtalk/)
Brown posted a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I5rraWJq6E) of the incident and described it.*
"I was driving down the interstate and you can see the boom lift truck in question on the left side of the screen on a joining interstate road. Once the roads merged, the truck tried to get to the exit ramp on the right and never saw my Tesla. I actually wasn't watching that direction and Tessy (the name of my car) was on duty with autopilot engaged. I became aware of the danger when Tessy alerted me with the 'immediately take over' warning chime and the car swerving to the right to avoid the side collision," he wrote.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/tesla-autopilot-saves-driver/)
More about Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Model S (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-model-s/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/dWoXMz4DM14
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Tesla's Autopilot feature is often mentioned in the context of the vehicle driving itself, but it's actually much more of an assistance for the driver — and in certain situations, it can save you from an imminent crash.
That's what happened to Model S driver Joshua Brown, whose car automatically moved out of the way of a truck that nearly collided with the Tesla.*
SEE ALSO: Is the Tesla Model 3 hype for real? (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/tesla-model-3-mashtalk/)
Brown posted a YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I5rraWJq6E) of the incident and described it.*
"I was driving down the interstate and you can see the boom lift truck in question on the left side of the screen on a joining interstate road. Once the roads merged, the truck tried to get to the exit ramp on the right and never saw my Tesla. I actually wasn't watching that direction and Tessy (the name of my car) was on duty with autopilot engaged. I became aware of the danger when Tessy alerted me with the 'immediately take over' warning chime and the car swerving to the right to avoid the side collision," he wrote.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/19/tesla-autopilot-saves-driver/)
More about Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Autopilot (http://mashable.com/category/autopilot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla Model S (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-model-s/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/dWoXMz4DM14