IIHS Gives Poor Rating To Automated Driving Systems From Tesla & 9 Other Companies

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The latest report from IIHS gives all but one automated driving technology a poor rating, including Tesla's Autopilot and FSD.

? Oh, yeah, it was just yesterday in a story about a trial set to begin next week alleging Tesla’s Autopilot and FSD system contributed to the death of Walter Huang on a San Francisco highway in 2018. Many readers had strong opinions about whether Tesla was responsible in any way for Huang’s death. Now comes a report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, better known as IIHS, that skewers all automated driving systems currently available on vehicles sold in America.

There’s no evidence that these systems make driving safer, IIHS said. They’re convenience features, though the public may think otherwise.IIHS has quite specific requirements that an automated driving system has to meet in order to qualify for a Good rating:Uses multiple types of rapidly escalating alerts to get driver’s attention

“We want to get automakers to be thinking about what the criteria are that they should consider when they’re designing these systems and how do they safely implement these systems in a way that will keep that driver engaged in the driving task,” Harkey said, and added that IIHS has been talking with automakers since the beginning of their evaluation process.

A driver’s hands need to be free to grab the steering wheel if needed and driver monitoring features need to include escalating attention reminders to get a wandering driver’s attention back on the road ahead.The IIHS has five core rating principles it uses to assess partial automated driving systems:

 

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