There has been a long standing debate on whether self driving or autonomous technology is better than humans on the roads or if the steering wheel is best left in the hands of homo sapiens. Whichever side you might be on, there have been instances which prove that autonomous tech might just have that edge over humans. A Tesla Model 3 has now proven to be the most recent example of that.
A video footage of a critical accident has emerged wherein a speeding car can be seen ramming into other vehicles on the road. While the video is a shocker and is not recommended for all as the accident did turn out to be pretty serious by the end, there is a surprising element that is sure to catch anyone’s attention.
The dashcam footage of a car right behind the Tesla Model 3 shows another car trying to jump a red light speeding from out of the camera frame. The car blasts into view and rams into one car first. Post the deflection, the car seems to be headed straight towards the Tesla Model 3, which miraculously brakes on its own and sends the speeding car flying from right in front of it.
The accident still turned out to be bad though as the speeding car collided with a white truck on the side of the Tesla.
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The way the Tesla Model 3 hit the brakes explains a lot in itself, as there is no way a human driver could have anticipated the flying car from the left. So it can safely be assumed that the sensors as well as the cameras on the car judged the overspeeding car in time and hit the automatic emergency brakes to avoid a collision.
Tesla’s Autopilot has been known to avoid such accidents in the past as well, displaying a bright example of how the company’s autonomous technology is capable of saving lives on the road, the prime reason of its inception. With incidents like these, it can easily be judged that autonomous technology is the way to go in the near future and once it is perfected, it can lead to many lives saved on the roads. After all, we certainly can’t expect the same from the idiotic “human” driver who rushed from the left.