"Tesla explained its vehicles continuously record and transmit operational and diagnostic data to the company’s servers. The data from Halcourt’s Model X showed its engine was actually not turned off, and that soon after Halcourt’s toddler entered the SUV through the open back door and crawled into the driver’s seat, he first pressed the brake pedal then shifted the gear selector to Drive.
“Over the next 6 seconds, the vehicle continued to be in Drive gear with the brake pedal pressed until the accelerator pedal was pressed and the brake pedal was released,” Tesla stated. “In the next 4 seconds, while varying manual pressure continued to be applied to the accelerator pedal, the vehicle speed increase was consistent with the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal. Then, the brake pedal was pressed including activation of the Anti-Lock Braking System, the accelerator pedal was released, and the vehicle came to a stop.”
I'm not a Tesla Fanboy or anything but if this is true I don't see how they are at fault.
A toddler operating a vehicle is a possibility in almost all consumer cars, especially when not turned off.
Only manual transmission cars provide a challenging enough interface that a young child mimicking the motions of driving couldn't accidentally cause an accident.
The problem isn't that the data is collected, it's that Tesla is the one collecting it and not the owner. But honestly, the average person isn't going to care about or even be capable of maintaining that. So really we could just consider this to be a valuable service Tesla is offering. Even more so, imagine if Tesla had to defend their driving systems from lawsuits without having access to this data. I'm not sure they'd be able to survive as well as they do.
> The problem isn't that the data is collected, it's that Tesla is the one collecting it and not the owner.
If the data is recorded, it will be in Teslas possession by the next over air update or service, right?
> imagine if Tesla had to defend their driving systems from lawsuits without having access to this data.
Well, that's exactly what the automotive industry has been able to do up to very recently. Just because technology allows for it doesn't mean society or the consumers should.
“Over the next 6 seconds, the vehicle continued to be in Drive gear with the brake pedal pressed until the accelerator pedal was pressed and the brake pedal was released,” Tesla stated. “In the next 4 seconds, while varying manual pressure continued to be applied to the accelerator pedal, the vehicle speed increase was consistent with the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal. Then, the brake pedal was pressed including activation of the Anti-Lock Braking System, the accelerator pedal was released, and the vehicle came to a stop.”
I'm not a Tesla Fanboy or anything but if this is true I don't see how they are at fault.