Problems Plaguing Tesla

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Problem Statement
The goal of Tesla is to have autonomous cars within the next five years. Equipped with cameras, sensors, processors, and satellite, they drive without human involvement. In fact, without human involvement, the number of accidents decrease and fewer lives are lost. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2017), distracted drivers killed 3,477 and injured 391,000 people in 2015. A distraction is defined as any activity that takes a driver’s attention away from driving, In short, a simple drink of water is a diversion, but the most significant hindrance is texting.
In mid 2017, Consumer Reports rated Tesla Model S the best ultra-luxury car earning a perfect score of 100 (Valdes-Depena, 2017). Conversely, …show more content…

Running a traffic light, speeding, and illegal passing are examples of quick reactions that a human driver can detect. Human reflex kicks in, but a computer has to be programmed in order for it to react using an effective approach with a position ending. For the most part, humans detect adverse road conditions such as ice, snow, sleet, and fog making a decision to stay off the road or to proceed with caution. On the contrary, the computer cannot detect what type of obstacle and low level ones are harder to recognize. In the case of detours or road closings, the Tesla relies on an extensive up-to-date mapping …show more content…

I will wire two remote cars with vehicle-to-vehicle communication and programmed using C++ coding.
Research question: What is the reaction time (in seconds) and distance traveled (in meters) to avoid a given obstacle in the path of an autonomous car to prevent collisions?
My data is quantitative. I will create a data table with figures and graphs that include the obstacle used, the distance the car was from the object when it first began to stop, the time it took the vehicle to stop, the speed it was traveling (meters per second), and the distance traveled when stopping.

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