Calls on DOT Secretary Buttigieg to stand with motorcyclists to prevent further loss of life PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System (ADS) regulations. The incident, which resulted in the death of the rider, underscores the urgent need for specific regulations that require that both recognition and reaction to motorcycles be fully integrated into crash avoidance and autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies to ensure safety for motorcyclists and drivers. “This tragic loss of life is another reminder that the AMA’s call to include motorcycle recognition and reaction in Federal Automated Vehicle Policy has gone unanswered,” said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. “Our thoughts go out to the family and…

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 26, 2024) — In the wake of the most recent tragedy involving a fatal collision between a Tesla vehicle in autopilot mode and a motorcyclist in Washington state, the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) once again urges the Department of Transportation (DOT) to strengthen Automated Driving System (ADS) regulations.

“Many autonomous vehicles on the road today have not been proven to detect all other road users in all situations before they have been allowed to be used on the road,” Dingman added. “Motorcyclists should not be used as guinea pigs for autonomous vehicle manufacturers. The continued allowance of untested autonomous vehicles on our nation’s roadways is unacceptable. The time for action is now!”

To add to that, you should see how these “accident avoidance systems” plow through dummies during tests. You’d have to have been paid off to allow these vehicles on public roads!

  • @Showroom7561@lemmy.caOP
    1•2 months ago

    I don’t give a fuck if crash avoidance systems plow through test dummies sometimes. The times it doesn’t matter.

    Would you be OK with human drivers plowing into pedestrians without any reason whatsoever, just because other people don’t the other 99% of the time?

    These advanced systems should never fail, especially not in test scenarios that couldn’t be easier for them to pass. Some of these vehicles literally fail to even slow down while hitting the test dummies!

    Add them into a random adventure that is the real world, and I wouldn’t trust them unless they don’t kill people like it was a lottery draw.

    • @Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
      2•2 months ago

      Crash avoidance systems only engage when the driver has already abdicated control. Whatever’s in front of the car is already doomed without crash avoidance at that point.

      And no ridiculous wall of text changes any of those facts.

      • @Showroom7561@lemmy.caOP
        2•2 months ago

        Here’s a video report from last week, showing how crash avoidance works, and that auto break simply fails to work in some vehicles. And yes, the feature does work in other vehicles, as they should in such easy scenarios.

        The problem is, you have cars marketed and sold as having these features that simply do not work. And it’s clear that drivers who own vehicles with all these magical features get lulled into believing they don’t have to pay attention 100% of the time and at a moment’s notice.

        Nobody on public roads should be OK with this.