07-01-2016, 11:15 PM
I have a hard time believing that the driver could not have avoided the collision if he was watching the road. Alternate 27 is a straight shot divided roadway that runs for miles outside Williston (I live about 40 minutes away and have driven that roadway). There is nothing alongside the roadsides (except a gas station at that intersection). A driver could have braked, or run off the roadway into the wide shoulder or median.
He struck the trailer; tractor trailers are slow moving vehicles when turning. The Tesla had to have been a decent distance away when the truck started the turn, plenty of time for an alert driver to slow down or otherwise avoid the collision.
When the investigation is over, I'll bet the blame will boil down to faulty A.I. coupled with a driver who placed way too much trust in a new technology.
He struck the trailer; tractor trailers are slow moving vehicles when turning. The Tesla had to have been a decent distance away when the truck started the turn, plenty of time for an alert driver to slow down or otherwise avoid the collision.
When the investigation is over, I'll bet the blame will boil down to faulty A.I. coupled with a driver who placed way too much trust in a new technology.