Tesla's fatal autopilot crash might have been avoided if the vehicles involved 'talked' to each other, expert says

The death of a person earlier this year while driving with Autopilot in a Tesla sedan, along with news of more crashes involving Teslas operating in Autopilot, has triggered a torrent of concerns about the safety of self-driving cars. But there is a way to improve safety across a rapidly evolving range of advanced mobility technologies and vehicles – from semi-autonomous driver assist features like Tesla's Autopilot to a fully autonomous self-driving car like Google's. The answer is connectivity: wireless communication that connects vehicles to each other, to the surrounding infrastructure, even to bicyclists and pedestrians. Joshua Brown (pictured before the crash) died earlier this year while driving with Autopilot in a Tesla sedan. With news of more crashes involving Teslas in Autopilot, people worry about the safety of self-driving cars.