Safety

All the robotaxi companies claim that their safety is much better than obsolete human drivers. But are they really safer given that they seem to crash so often? This clearly needs to be investigated further.

News, Safety, Tesla

The Dawn Project Video Shows How To Enable Autonomous Robotaxi Mode In A ‘Full Self-Driving’ Tesla

Dawn Project
09/15/23
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Santa Barbara, CA – Public Safety Advocacy Group The Dawn Project has released footage showing that a Full Self-Driving Tesla can easily be turned into a driverless robotaxi with just a few household items. These everyday objects easily circumvent the vehicle’s driver monitoring…

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

High-speed crash due to red-light runner AND Cruise stopping inappropriately

Michael Smith
08/18/23
Rev 02/28/24

Crash Analysis: 8/18/23 Cruise vehicle crashed with other vehicle at 26th St & Mission St in San Francisco. When a Cruise vehicle detects a problem it stops for “safety”. But this crash shows that doing so can actually be incredibly dangerous and result in serious damage. Cruise never acknowledged the dangerous behavior and apparently never addressed it.

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

Cruise collides with firetruck on an emergency call

Michael Smith
08/17/23
Rev 01/22/24

Crash analysis: 8/17/23 Cruise vehicle crashed with a firetruck on an emergency call. Cruise seriously misrepresented what went went wrong and appeared to never address the root problem of their vehicles not stopping for emergency responders.

Cruise, News, Safety

NBC Bay Area Video – Are driverless cars ready to hit the road full time?

News Republisher
08/8/23
Rev 01/2/24

Bigad Shaban from NBC Bay Area investigates whether driverless cars are ready, just before the big CPUC vote on them on Aug 10th. The first ride went just fine. So for the second ride he brought along a long-time driving instructor to judge the abilities of the robotaxi. In the…

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

Cruise encounters a turning semi-truck

Michael Smith
08/7/23
Rev 01/22/24

Crash analysis: 8/7/23 Cruise crashed with a semi-truck on Stanyan St in San Francisco. Definitely not safe to try to overtake a truck that is clearly turning in front of you. Once again, the Cruise robotaxi stopped exactly in the wrong place and was damaged because of lack of defensive driving abilities.

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

A Cruise somehow ran into a very large bus

Michael Smith
03/23/23
Rev 01/22/24

Crash analysis: on 3/23/23 a Cruise vehicle crashed into the rear of an articulated Muni bus while traveling on Haight Street in San Francisco. Cruise claimed that the problem was due to poor speed prediction of the articulated bus, and that they fixed the problem via a software recall. But this analysis shows that they were not being truthful and that the danger might still exist.

News, Safety, Tesla

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Advocates And Opposition Agree That Full Self-Driving Will At Some Point Randomly Try To Kill You

Dawn Project
11/28/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Oh, and Tesla just released it to everyone in North America. With no fanfare, in the middle of the night before Thanksgiving day, when he knew journalists would be on holiday for the next four days, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla’s Full…

News, Safety, Tesla

Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Repeatedly Hit A Child Mannequin In A Stroller

Dawn Project
11/26/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The safety tests were conducted in a public parking lot by The Dawn Project in Santa Barbara, California in October 2022, using the…

News, Safety, Tesla

Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Drive Around Stopped School Buses With Their Stop Sign Arm Extended And Lights Flashing

Dawn Project
11/19/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will repeatedly drive around stopped school buses with their stop sign arm extended and lights flashing, and fails to obey school zone speed limits. The safety tests were conducted on public…

News, Safety, Tesla

New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Fails To Obey ‘Road Closed’ And ‘Do Not Enter’ Signs

Dawn Project
11/11/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving does not obey ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Do Not Enter’ signs, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly ignores these important road safety signs. The safety tests were…

News, Safety, Tesla

New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal Tesla FSD Still Runs Down Child-Sized Mannequins

Dawn Project
11/5/22
Rev 01/9/24

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal the dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving poses to child pedestrians, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly runs down child-sized mannequins in its path. The safety tests were conducted in Goleta, California…

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

Cruise turns left and stops right in path of oncoming vehicle resulting in collision

Michael Smith
06/3/22
Rev 02/15/24

Crash Analysis: on 6/3/2022 a Cruise robotaxi was traveling eastbound on Geary Blvd. At Spruce St the Cruise made a left turn. Before completing the left turn the Cruise stopped in the path of an oncoming car, resulting in a collision. Cruise was very misleading about the cause of the crash.

News, Safety, Tesla

Bloomberg – Tesla Autopilot Stirs U.S. Alarm as ‘Disaster Waiting to Happen’

News Republisher
04/18/22
Rev 03/26/24

Bloomberg reports on the dangers of Tesla Auto Pilot. Includes information on crashes where there were fatalities, and the resulting federal investigations.