Find out the cause of the tragic accident that caused the death of an Apple engineer – Blame the game again?

In 2018, Apple engineer Walter Huang was killed in a crash while driving his Tesla Model X SUV on Highway 101 in Mountain View, California. The car crashed into the barrier while the Autopilot function was activated. The original cause was believed to be Tesla’s Autopilot system malfunctioning, so he repeatedly directed the car into the divider, even Mr. Huang’s family filed a lawsuit, but Tesla declined to comment on this. However, after a period of investigation, the US National Transportation and Safety Commission has now concluded that the cause of the accident may have come from Huang himself when he was busy playing games on his phone at night. at that moment.
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According to the Transportation Commission’s explanation, when the accident occurred, Walter Huang did not attempt to stop the car nor did anything to oppose the vehicle, preventing the accident. As a result, the car crashed straight into the fence at a speed of 70 mph, then continued to be hit by two cars behind because it did not brake in time. Walter Huang died in hospital not long after from his fatal wounds.

The commission said that, like so many other accidents, the majority of drivers were distracted. Most likely at that time Walter Huang was too absorbed in playing games on his phone that he did not activate the car’s collision detection and avoidance system, plus other external factors such as too bright sunlight, too much road markings. blur caused the car to lose control.
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In fact, Huang may have been distracted, but there is no concrete evidence that he was playing a game when the accident happened. In the past, when advertising for Tesla’s Autopilot autopilot system, CEO Elon Musk has hinted that users can comfortably play games like The Witcher while this function is activated. It seems that the Transportation Commission partly relied on this to conclude that the cause of the accident could be because Huang was playing a game at the time.

Of course, playing games while driving is extremely dangerous. There have been many traffic accidents that happened when the driver was too immersed in the game, like Pokemon GO being a prime example. However, that does not mean that everything is to blame for the game because the fact has shown that there are many accidents that occur that are caused by the autopilot system of cars. I don’t know if it’s the game or not, but it’s best to be careful when using Tesla’s Autopilot function in all cases.​