Tesla Accident in florida

[silverback1065]

I'm sure at this point most of us have heard about the tesla accident with a semi, with the tesla driver using autopilot.  I'm curious where this occurred, the article says US 27, but does anyone on here know the exact intersection?  I'm curious because I want to see what the intersection looks like so I can fully understand what exactly happened.  All of the articles I read omit a decent description of the intersection.  Could someone provide clarification?

[The Ghostbuster]

I guess self-driving vehicles are not yet ready for prime time. I still think they are the wave of the future, though.

[jeffandnicole]

It took about 12 years, give or take, for the internet to get rolling, and that's not including the 1960s and 70s when the beginning pieces of the internet started forming.

A true driverless car has existed for 4 years. And people expect perfection.

[Fred Defender]

I don't live that far from Williston, FL where the accident occurred (~35 miles). I had not even heard about it until I saw it on the national news a week or so later. Don't quote me, but I believe that I read that it took place on Alt 27 which would have been northwest of Williston. But I do not know what cross-street.

There were unsubstantiated rumors that the driver had been watching a movie at the time. Harry Potter, no less. I mean, if you're gonna die over a movie, make it a smoker. A classic, like Behind the Green Door.

I look at it this way: With autopilot in an airplane, you've got heading hold and altitude hold. You also (generally) have ATC watching you on radar. Heading hold in a car is meaningless unless you're driving FL70 through DeSoto and Highlands Counties where you have miles of straight road. Bottom line: The pilot-in-command has the ultimate responsibility for the safety of the flight. Same in an automobile. Pilot error.

[Max Rockatansky]

I don't live that far from Williston, FL where the accident occurred (~35 miles). I had not even heard about it until I saw it on the national news a week or so later. Don't quote me, but I believe that I read that it took place on Alt 27 which would have been northwest of Williston. But I do not know what cross-street.

There were unsubstantiated rumors that the driver had been watching a movie at the time. Harry Potter, no less. I mean, if you're gonna die over a movie, make it a smoker. A classic, like Behind the Green Door.

I look at it this way: With autopilot in an airplane, you've got heading hold and altitude hold. You also (generally) have ATC watching you on radar. Heading hold in a car is meaningless unless you're driving FL70 through DeSoto and Highlands Counties where you have miles of straight road. Bottom line: The pilot-in-command has the ultimate responsibility for the safety of the flight. Same in an automobile. Pilot error.

Now if the guy was watching a porno that would have given the story a lot more lasting traction in the mass media...still Harry Potter is pretty friggin weird.    I'm surprised that there hasn't been a thread about "what movie would you like to be watching when your autopilot fails?"  My vote would be the original Vanish Point....have a white Tesla which somehow morphs into a Camaro right before you crash.

[roadman]

Bumping this thread because the NTSB released their findings on the crash.

https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20170912.aspx