Summary
In Pennsylvania, a crash involving a Tesla car occurred and the accident is investigated by the US authorities. Tesla cars, which include a self-driving feature known as Autopilot, has caused now accidents.
Tesla’s opinion is that they have no reason to believe that Autopilot had anything to do with the accident because the system have many functions such as an automated alert and airbags to prevent accidents.
But NHTSA found that the accident happened because the Tesla car failed to detect a large tractor-trailer. And they told Tesla to make their safety manuals stronger.
My opinion
I think a self-driving system have both merits and demerits. The merit is that it will enable elderly and handicapped people to move to anywhere that they want freely by car. And, the demerits is that if the system like that installed into all cars completely, people would lose the ability to drive themselves. They will rely the system too much and they can do nothing when the systems are broken. In my opinion, the self-driving system should be installed only for the people who can’t drive themselves. And, the system must be more safety not to cause accidents like Tesla cars crashes.