Because safety is our top priority, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Department of Transportation want to make sure you have the tools to avoid being in vehicle crashes. If you have good distraction monitoring, you don’t need phone lock-out. It is normal for Tesla drivers to have hands on the wheel but not applying torque and thus not detected as on the wheel. Being an informed consumer and properly maintaining your tires means you can be green—and get more "green" in your wallet by reducing your vehicle emissions.Through safety standards and consumer information, NHTSA demonstrates its commitment to reducing tire-related crashes in the United States. Much of their work continued back at headquarters. Tesla could ignore it. It is unclear if he was playing it just before the crash, but this seems likely. And they did indeed come down hard on Tesla, NHTSA (their sister agency which does write safety regulations,) the highway authorities and even, in a surprise addition, on Apple which makes the iPhone that the deceased driver - an Apple employee - was using and which contributed to driver distraction.While a firm conclusion is difficult, NTSB’s report suggests it is highly likely that the driver was playing a strategy game on his phone, and there was evidence he had a habit of doing so. Data show that TPMS can reduce the likelihood that a vehicle will have one or more significantly underinflated tires by more than 55 percent.When there are problems with tires, you can rely on NHTSA to keep you informed. If the emergency braking didn’t work, you were just back to relying on the driver to brake.As systems get better, they breed complacency, though.
Do you keep them properly inflated? They can find the correct size tire for your vehicle.If you have been driving your vehicle and think a tire is underinflated, fill it to the recommended cold inflation pressure indicated on your vehicle's tire information placard or certification label. People who trust their collision warning and braking systems can be more tempted to look away from the road for longer — and the systems do indeed make looking away less dangerous though they don’t make it a safe thing to do. We want to make sure you have the tools you need to avoid being in a tire-related crash.Here at NHTSA.gov, we provide information to consumers about buying tires, tire maintenance and labeling, aging, and fuel efficiency. I am skeptical, since you need a feature to disable lock-out for passengers.They now explicitly declare that Tesla’s torque monitoring system is insufficient as a form of driver monitoring.
The Tesla didn't recognize it as an obstacle, and it didn't reduce the Feb 25, the National Transportation Safety Board had its hearing on the 2018 fatal crash of a Tesla Model X , which steered itself into the crash barrier at an 0ff-ramp in Silicon Valley while Autopilot was engaged. The flashing sequence followed by continuous illumination of the warning lamp will repeat at each subsequent vehicle start-up until the malfunction is corrected. Sadly, these numbers are written in a way that If drivers are indeed safer with autopilot than without, then it should not be heavily regulated. This video highlights the importance of checking tire pressure, rotating tires, and checking tire tread.
Tesla has 90 days to respond. This is likely caused by marginally low tire pressure that dips below the warning threshold overnight but rises to an acceptable level as the tires heat up through vehicle operation or an increase in external temperatures. Other tires are compared to the control tire. It is recommended that you inspect tires monthly with an accurate gauge. The higher the treadwear number is, the longer it should take for the tread to wear down.A control tire is assigned a grade of 100. NHTSA also issues and enforces federal safety standards for tires, rims, and tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS). From one viewpoint, that makes the system seem more defective, but from another, it makes it seem odd that the driver still trusted the system enough to play a game while driving right past that troublesome off-ramp. See how your tires measure up.How well do you take care of your tires? He was doing so, it is also suspected, because he over-trusted Autopilot and expected it to drive his car like a self-driving car.
Some drivers have gone further, putting weights on the wheel to apply torque force — though they are more obviously abusing the system. That doesn’t mean they can’t be asked to do better, and spot more things, and stop driving into the sides of trucks or backs of emergency vehicles. MyI founded ClariNet, the world's first internet based business, am Chairman Emeritus of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and a director of the Foresight Institute. NTSB and NHTSA Findings .
This has been tolerated because as a new technology, they were likely much better than not having the system.