TESLA TOLD DRIVER SEVEN TIMES TO "PUT HANDS ON THE WHEEL" BEFORE CRASH

A National Transportation Safety Board has released a report on the crash that killed Joshua Brown, who was in the driver’s seat of an autopilot Tesla when it plowed into a truck that was pulling out into an intersection. The crash, near Gainesville, Florida, in May 2016, drew attention because of the questions it raised about the safety of self-driving cars. The report notes that the Tesla Model S warned him seven times to put his hands back on the wheel, yet Brown had his hands on the wheel for only 25 seconds out of the 37 minutes that the car was on autopilot.
* “Put your hands on the wheel”? If a truck’s pulling out, shouldn’t it be “Put your foot on the brake”?
* Not only did it tell him seven times to put his hands on the wheel, it told him four times, “Don’t make me come back there” and one “I’ll give you something to cry about”.
* Finally, it just got fed up with the stupid human and said “Kiss your ass goodbye.”
* Maybe he was using his hands to text something like “Man, this Tesla car won’t stop nagging me!”
* Honestly, if I want to be told how to drive, I’ll bring along my wife.
* Those Boeing pilotless planes are sounding better already, eh?