/**
 * General Functions
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly



/**
 * Get the components of theme mobile header
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components' ) ) {

	function tie_mobile_header_components( $area ){

		$mobile_header_components = array(

			'menu' => tie_mobile_menu_icon(),

			'search' => '
				<a href="#" class="tie-search-trigger-mobile">
					<span class="tie-icon-search tie-search-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Search for', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			',

			'skin' => '
				<a href="#" class="change-skin" title="'. esc_html__( 'Switch skin', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'">
					<span class="tie-icon-moon change-skin-icon" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Switch skin', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			',
		);

		// Login and user account
		if( is_user_logged_in() ){

			ob_start();
			tie_login_form();
			$login_form = ob_get_clean();

			$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
			$mobile_header_components['login'] = '
				<a href="#" class="profile-btn">'.
					get_avatar( $current_user->ID, apply_filters( 'TieLabs/Login/avatar_size', 30 ) ) .'
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Your Profile', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>

				<div class="components-sub-menu comp-sub-menu components-user-profile">'. $login_form .'</div>
			';
		}
		else {
			$mobile_header_components['login'] = '
				<a href="#" class="lgoin-btn tie-popup-trigger">
					<span class="tie-icon-author" aria-hidden="true"></span>
					<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Log In', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>
				</a>
			';
		}

		// WooCommerce Cart
		if ( TIELABS_WOOCOMMERCE_IS_ACTIVE ){
			$mobile_header_components['cart'] = tie_component_button_cart();
		}

		// BuddyPress
		if ( TIELABS_BUDDYPRESS_IS_ACTIVE ){
			$mobile_header_components['bp_notifications'] = tie_component_button_bp_notifications();
		}

		// Check the active components
		$components = array();
		foreach ( $mobile_header_components as $key => $html ) {
			if( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_'.$key ) == $area ){
				$components[ $key ] = '<li class="mobile-component_'.$key .' custom-menu-link">'. $html .'</li>';
			}
		}

		//
		$components = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/Mobile/Header/Components', $components, $area );


		if( ! empty( $components ) ){
			echo '<div id="mobile-header-components-'. $area .'" class="mobile-header-components">';
				echo '<ul class="components">'. join( ' ', $components ) .'</ul>';
			echo '</div>';
		}

		// If Header layout is centered we need to place the div even if it is empty || FLEX
		elseif ( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header' ) == 'centered' ) {
			echo '<div id="mobile-header-components-'. $area .'" class="mobile-header-components"></div>';
		}

		return false;
	}
}


/**
 * Mobile Menu icon
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_menu_icon' ) ) {

	function tie_mobile_menu_icon(){

		if( ! tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_menu' ) ){
			return false;
		}

		$menu_icon = tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_icon', 1 );

		$class = 'tie-mobile-menu-icon ';

		if( is_numeric( $menu_icon ) ){
			$class .= "nav-icon is-layout-$menu_icon";
		}
		else{
			$class .= "tie-icon-$menu_icon";
		}

		$class_wrapper = tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_text' ) ? 'menu-text-wrapper' : '';

		$mobile_icon  = '<a href="#" id="mobile-menu-icon" class="'. $class_wrapper .'">';
		$mobile_icon .= '<span class="'. $class .'"></span>';

		if( tie_get_option( 'mobile_menu_text' ) ){
			$mobile_icon .= '<span class="menu-text">'. esc_html__( 'Menu', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>';
		}
		else{
			$mobile_icon .= '<span class="screen-reader-text">'. esc_html__( 'Menu', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ) .'</span>';
		}

		$mobile_icon .= '</a>';

		return $mobile_icon;
	}
}


/**
 * Mobile Header Components Main area
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_1' ) ) {

	add_action( 'TieLabs/Logo/before', 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_1' );
	function tie_mobile_header_components_area_1(){
		tie_mobile_header_components( 'area_1' );
	}
}



/**
 * Mobile Header Components
 */
if( ! function_exists( 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_2' ) ) {

	add_action( 'TieLabs/Logo/after', 'tie_mobile_header_components_area_2' );
	function tie_mobile_header_components_area_2(){
		tie_mobile_header_components( 'area_2' );
	}
}/**
 * Filters
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly


class TIELABS_FILTERS {

	/**
	 * Runs on class initialization. Adds filters and actions.
	 */
	function __construct() {

		// Add Support for Shortcodes in the terms descriptions
		add_filter( 'term_description', 'do_shortcode' );

		add_action( 'init',                  array( $this, 'init_hook' ) );
		add_action( 'init',                  array( $this, 'redirect_random_post' ) );

		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'meta_description' ) );
		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'meta_generator' ) );
		add_action( 'wp_head',               array( $this, 'x_ua_compatible' ) );

		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'footer_inline_scripts' ), 999 );
		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'footer_misc'  ) );
		add_action( 'wp_footer',             array( $this, 'popup_module' ) );

		add_action( 'comment_class',         array( $this, 'is_avatar_enabled' ) );
		add_filter( 'pre_get_posts',         array( $this, 'search_filters' ) );
		add_filter( 'pre_get_posts',         array( $this, 'category_posts_order' ) );
		add_filter( 'TieLabs/cache_key',     array( $this, 'cache_key' ) );
		add_filter( 'widget_tag_cloud_args', array( $this, 'tag_widget_limit' ) );
		add_filter( 'widget_title',          array( $this, 'tagcloud_widget_title' ), 10, 3 );
		add_filter( 'login_headerurl',       array( $this, 'dashboard_login_logo_url' ) );
		add_filter( 'login_head',            array( $this, 'dashboard_login_logo' ) );
		add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', array( $this, 'archive_title' ), 15 );
		add_filter( 'wp_link_pages_args',    array( $this, 'pages_next_and_number' ) );
		add_filter( 'excerpt_more',          array( $this, 'excerpt_more' ) );
		add_filter( 'get_the_excerpt',       array( $this, 'post_excerpt' ), 9 );

		add_filter( 'has_post_thumbnail',    array( $this, 'has_post_thumbnail' ) );
		add_filter( 'post_thumbnail_html',   array( $this, 'default_featured_image' ), 10, 5 );

		add_filter( 'TieLabs/exclude_content',            'TIELABS_HELPER::strip_shortcodes' );
		add_filter( 'wp_get_attachment_image_src',        array( $this, 'gif_image' ), 10, 4 );
		add_filter( 'wp_get_attachment_image_attributes', array( $this, 'small_thumb_image_class' ), 10, 3 );

		add_filter( 'TieLabs/Primary_Category/custom', array( $this, 'yoast_seo_primary_category' ) );

		// Translations
		if( tie_get_option( 'translations' ) ){
			add_filter( 'gettext', array( $this, 'theme_translation' ), 10, 3 );
		}

		if( tie_get_option( 'translation_numbers' ) ){
			add_filter( 'get_the_date',                   array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'get_comment_date',               array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'get_comment_time',               array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'comments_number',                array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'wp_list_categories',             array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/number_format',          array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/post_date',              array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/reading_time',           array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/post_views_number',      array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Social_Counters/number', array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Weather/number',         array( $this, 'translate_numbers' ), 55 );
		}
	}


	/**
	 * init_hook
	 */
	function init_hook(){

		/*if( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ){
			add_filter( 'the_content', array( $this, 'shortcodes_notice' ) );
		}
		*/

		//WordPress doesn't recognize it as RTL language because there is an error in the main translation file of the Sindhi language!
		if( get_locale() == 'snd' && ! is_rtl() ){
			global $wp_locale;
			$wp_locale->text_direction = 'rtl';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Add notice for the shortcodes plugin
	 */
	function shortcodes_notice( $content ){

		// Don't show the message if this is excerpt OR backend OR AMP
		if(
				is_admin() ||
				( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ) ||
				in_array( 'parse_request',   $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ||
				in_array( 'get_the_excerpt', $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ){
			return $content;
		}

		$message = '';

		// Timetable and Event Schedule Plugin
		if( ! TIELABS_MPTIMETABLE_IS_ACTIVE ){

			if( strpos( $content, '[mp-timetable' ) !== false ){

				$message .= TIELABS_HELPER::notice_message( sprintf(
					esc_html__( 'This section contains some shortcodes that requries the %2$s%1$s%3$s Plugin.', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ),
					'<strong>Timetable and Event Schedule</strong>',
					'<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mp-timetable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">',
					'</a>'
				), false );
			}
		}

		// Contact Form 7 Plugin
		if( ! class_exists( 'WPCF7' ) ){

			if( strpos( $content, '[contact-form-7' ) !== false ){

				$message .= TIELABS_HELPER::notice_message( sprintf(
					esc_html__( 'This section contains some shortcodes that requries the %2$s%1$s%3$s Plugin.', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN ),
					'<strong>Contact Form 7</strong>',
					'<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">',
					'</a>'
				), false) ;
			}
		}

		// Return the content with message
		return apply_filters( 'TieLabs/shortcodes_check', $message, $content ) . $content;
	}


	/**
	 * x_ua_compatible
	 */
	function x_ua_compatible(){
		echo '<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">';
	}


	/**
	 * meta_escription
	 */
	function meta_description(){

		// Return if the description option is disabled or the Yoast SEO or Rank Math SEO plugins are active
		if( ! tie_get_option( 'post_meta_escription' ) || class_exists( 'WPSEO_Frontend' ) || class_exists( 'RankMath' ) ){
			return;
		}

		// Single Page doesn't have a builder
		if( is_singular() && ! TIELABS_HELPER::has_builder() ){

			$post = get_post();

			if( ! empty( $post->post_content ) ){
				$description = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/exclude_content', $post->post_content );
			}
		}
		// Archives
		elseif( get_the_archive_description() ){
			$description = get_the_archive_description();
		}

		// Default
		if( empty( $description ) ){
			$description = get_bloginfo( 'description' );
		}

		if( ! empty( $description ) ){
			$description = strip_tags( strip_shortcodes( $description ) );
			echo ' <meta name="description" content="'. esc_attr( wp_html_excerpt( $description, 150 ) ) .'" />';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Theme translations
	 */
	function theme_translation( $translation, $text, $domain ){

		if( $domain == TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN || $domain == 'amp' ){

			$translations = tie_get_option( 'translations' );

			if( ! empty( $translations ) ){  // To minimize the calls of sanitize_title
				$sanitize_text = sanitize_title( htmlspecialchars( $text ) );

				if( ! empty( $translations[ $sanitize_text ] ) ){
					return htmlspecialchars_decode( $translations[ $sanitize_text ] );
				}
			}
		}

		return $translation;
	}


	/**
	 * Add the inline scripts to the Footer
	 */
	function footer_inline_scripts(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		// Print the inline scripts if the BWP is active
		if( ! empty( $GLOBALS['tie_inline_scripts'] ) && TIELABS_HELPER::is_js_minified() ){
			echo '<script type="text/javascript">'. $GLOBALS['tie_inline_scripts'] .'</script>';
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Add Misc Footer Conetnt
	 */
	function footer_misc(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		// Custom Footer Code
		if ( tie_get_option( 'footer_code' ) ){
			echo do_shortcode( apply_filters( 'TieLabs/footer_code', tie_get_option( 'footer_code' ) ) );
		}

		// Reading Position Indicator
		if ( tie_get_option( 'reading_indicator' ) && is_single() && ! tie_get_option( 'autoload_posts' ) ){
			echo '<div id="reading-position-indicator"></div>';
		}

		// Live Search
		if(
			tie_menu_has_search( 'top_nav', true )  ||
			tie_menu_has_search( 'main_nav', true ) ||
		  ( tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_components_search') && tie_get_option( 'mobile_header_live_search') )
		){
			echo '<div id="autocomplete-suggestions" class="autocomplete-suggestions"></div>';
		}

		// Scrollbar - Used to get the default scrollbar width.
		echo '<div id="is-scroller-outer"><div id="is-scroller"></div></div>';

		// Facebook buttons
		echo '<div id="fb-root"></div>';
	}


	/**
	 * Add the Popup module to the footer
	 */
	function popup_module(){

		// Check if we are in an AMP page
		if( function_exists( 'is_amp_endpoint' ) && is_amp_endpoint() ){
			return;
		}

		TIELABS_HELPER::get_template_part( 'templates/popup' );
	}


	/**
	 * Add an extra class to the comment item if the avatar is active
	 */
	function is_avatar_enabled( $classes ){

		if( is_array( $classes ) && get_option( 'show_avatars' ) ){
			$classes[] = 'has-avatar';
		}

		return $classes;
	}


	/**
	 * Exclude post types and categories From Search results
	 */
	function search_filters( $query ){

		if( is_admin() || isset( $_GET['post_type'] ) ){
			return $query;
		}

		if( is_search() && $query->is_main_query() ){

			// Exclude Post types from search
			if ( ($exclude_post_types = tie_get_option( 'search_exclude_post_types' )) && is_array( $exclude_post_types ) ){

				$args = array(
					'public' => true,
					'exclude_from_search' => false,
				);

				$post_types = get_post_types( $args );

				foreach ( $exclude_post_types as $post_type ){
					unset( $post_types[ $post_type ] );
				}

				$query->set( 'post_type', $post_types );
			}

			// Exclude specific categoies from search
			if ( tie_get_option( 'search_cats' ) ){
				$query->set( 'cat', tie_get_option( 'search_cats' ) );
			}
		}

		return $query;
	}


	/**
	 * Change the posts order in the category page
	 */
	function category_posts_order( $query ){

		if( ! is_admin() && is_category() && $query->is_main_query() ){

			$current_category = get_queried_object();

			if( ! empty( $current_category->term_id ) ){

				$posts_order = tie_get_category_option( 'posts_order', $current_category->term_id );

				// Posts Order
				if( ! empty( $posts_order ) ){

					if( $posts_order == 'views' && tie_get_option( 'tie_post_views' ) ){ // Most Viewd posts
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'meta_value_num' );
						$query->set( 'meta_key', apply_filters( 'TieLabs/views_meta_field', 'tie_views' ) );
					}
					elseif( $posts_order == 'popular' ){ // Popular Posts by comments
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'comment_count' );
					}
					elseif( $posts_order == 'title' ){
						$query->set( 'orderby', 'title' );
						$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
					}
					else{
						$query->set( 'orderby', $posts_order );
					}
				}
			}
		}

		return $query;
	}


	/**
	 * Random Article
	 */
	function redirect_random_post(){

		if( wp_doing_ajax() ){
			return;
		}

		if( isset( $_GET['random-post'] ) && ( tie_get_option( 'top-nav-components_random' ) || tie_get_option( 'main-nav-components_random' ) ) ) {

			$args = array(
				'posts_per_page'      => 1,
				'orderby'             => 'rand',
				'fields'              => 'ids',
				'no_found_rows'       => true,
				'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,
			);

			$random_post = new WP_Query ( $args );

			while ( $random_post->have_posts () ){
				$random_post->the_post();
				wp_redirect( get_permalink() );
				exit;
			}
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Widgets Small Image Class
	 *
	 * By default WordPress uses 2 classes attachment-{size} size-{size}
	 * we need to add a general class doesn't linked with the thumb name
	 */
	function small_thumb_image_class( $attr, $attachment, $size = false ) {

		if( ! empty( $size ) && $size == TIELABS_THEME_SLUG.'-image-small' ){
			$attr['class'] .= ' tie-small-image';
		}

		return $attr;
	}


	/**
	 * Gif images
	 */
	function gif_image( $image, $attachment_id, $size, $icon ){

		if( ! tie_get_option( 'disable_featured_gif' ) ){

			$file_type = ! empty( $image[0] ) ? wp_check_filetype( $image[0] ) : false;

			if( ! empty( $file_type ) && $file_type['ext'] == 'gif' && $size != 'full' ){

				$full_image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $attachment_id, $size = 'full', $icon );

				// For the avatars we need to keep the original width and height
				if( ! empty( $full_image ) && in_array( 'get_avatar', $GLOBALS['wp_current_filter'] ) ){
					$full_image[1] = $image[1];
					$full_image[2] = $image[2];
				}

				return $full_image;
			}
		}

		return $image;
	}


	/**
	 * Modify Excerpts
	 */
	function post_excerpt( $text = '' ){

		$raw_excerpt = $text;

		if ( '' == $text ){

			//$text = get_the_content( '' ); // Causes issues with the new Posts List Blocks

			$_post = get_post();
			$text = ! empty( $_post->post_content ) ? $_post->post_content : '';
			$text = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/exclude_content', $text );

			/**
			 * If images with class wp-image-{ID} exists in the conetnt, WordPress make a DB request to get andd add the srcset
			 * Since we are in excerpt we don't need that, Great affect on archives pages
			 */
			$text = str_replace( 'wp-image-', 'tie-image', $text );

			$text = strip_shortcodes( $text );
			$text = apply_filters( 'the_content', $text );
			$text = str_replace( ']]>', ']]>', $text );

			$excerpt_length = apply_filters( 'excerpt_length', 55 );
			$excerpt_more   = apply_filters( 'excerpt_more', ' ' . '[&hellip;]' );
			$text           = wp_trim_words( $text, $excerpt_length, $excerpt_more );
		}

		return apply_filters( 'wp_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt );
	}


	/**
	 * Global Cache Key
	 */
	function cache_key( $key ){
		return 'tie-cache-'. TIELABS_HELPER::get_locale() . $key;
	}


	/**
	 * Change the number of tags in the cloud tags
	 */
	function tag_widget_limit( $args ){

		if( isset($args['taxonomy']) && $args['taxonomy'] == 'post_tag' ){
			$args['number'] = 18;
		}

		return $args;
	}


	/**
	 * Remove the default Tag CLoud titles if the title field is empty
	 */
	function tagcloud_widget_title( $title = false, $instance = false, $id_base = false ){

		if( $id_base == 'tag_cloud' && empty( $instance['title'] ) ){
			return false;
		}

		return $title;
	}


	/**
	 * Custom Dashboard login URL
	 */
	function dashboard_login_logo_url(){

		if( tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo_url' ) ){
			return tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo_url' );
		}
	}


	/**
	 * Custom Dashboard login page logo
	 */
	function dashboard_login_logo(){

		if( tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo' ) ){
			echo '<style type="text/css"> .login h1 a {  background-image:url('.tie_get_option( 'dashboard_logo' ).')  !important; background-size: contain; width: 320px; height: 85px; } </style>';
		}
	}



	/**
	 * Remove anything that looks like an archive title prefix ("Archive:", "Foo:", "Bar:").
	 */
	function archive_title( $title ){

		if ( is_category() ) {
			return single_cat_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_tag() ) {
			return single_tag_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_author() ) {
			return '<span class="vcard">' . get_the_author() . '</span>';
		}
		elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
			return post_type_archive_title( '', false );
		}
		elseif ( is_tax() ) {
			return single_term_title( '', false );
		}

		return $title;
	}


	/**
	 * Add Number and Next / prev multiple post pages
	 */
	function pages_next_and_number( $args ){

		if( $args['next_or_number'] == 'next_and_number' ){

			global $page, $numpages, $multipage, $more;
			$args['next_or_number'] = 'number';
			$prev = '';
			$next = '';

			if ( $multipage && $more ){
				$i = $page - 1;
				if ( $i && $more ){
					$prev .= _wp_link_page($i);
					$prev .= $args['link_before']. $args['previouspagelink'] . $args['link_after'] . '</a>';
				}

				$i = $page + 1;
				if ( $i <= $numpages && $more ){
					$next .= _wp_link_page($i);
					$next .= $args['link_before']. $args['nextpagelink'] . $args['link_after'] . '</a>';
				}
			}

			$args['before'] = $args['before'].$prev;
			$args['after'] = $next.$args['after'];
		}

		return $args;
	}


	/**
	 * Excerpt More
	 */
	function excerpt_more( $more ){
		return ' &hellip;';
	}


	/**
	 * Theme Generator Meta
	 */
	function meta_generator(){

		$active_theme = wp_get_theme();

		if ( is_child_theme() ) {
			$active_theme = wp_get_theme( $active_theme->Template );
		}

		if( ! empty( $active_theme->Name ) ){
			$theme_info = apply_filters( 'TieLabs/theme_meta_generator', $active_theme->Name .' '.  TIELABS_DB_VERSION );
			if( ! empty( $theme_info ) ){
				echo "\n" . "<meta name='generator' content='' />" . "\n";
			}
		}
	}


	/**
	 * If the post doesn't have a Primary Category, use the Primary Category of Yoast if it is available
	 */
	function yoast_seo_primary_category( $category = false ){

		if( class_exists( 'WPSEO_Meta' ) ){

			$wpseo_primary_term = get_post_meta( get_the_id(), WPSEO_Meta::$meta_prefix . 'primary_category', true );

			if( ! empty( $wpseo_primary_term ) ){
				$get_the_category = TIELABS_WP_HELPER::get_term_by( 'id', $wpseo_primary_term, 'category' );

				if ( ! empty( $get_the_category ) && ! is_wp_error( $get_the_category ) ) {
					return $get_the_category;
				}
			}
		}

		return false;
	}


	/**
	 * Always return true, If there is a default featured image
	 */
	function has_post_thumbnail( $has_thumbnail ) {

		if( tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image' ) && tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ) ){
			$has_thumbnail = true;
		}

		return $has_thumbnail;
	}


	/**
	 * Set a default featured image if it is missing
	 */
	function default_featured_image( $html, $post_id, $post_thumbnail_id, $size, $attr ) {

		// Return if the post has a featured image
		if( ! empty( $html ) ){
			return $html;
		}

		// Check if the default eatured image option is active
		if( ! tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image' ) || ! tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ) ){
			return $html;
		}

		$default_thumbnail_id = tie_get_option( 'default_featured_image_id' ); // select the default thumb.

		return wp_get_attachment_image( $default_thumbnail_id, $size, false, $attr );
	}


	/**
	 * Translate numbers
	 */
	function translate_numbers( $the_number ) {

		if( ! ( is_admin() && ! wp_doing_ajax() ) ) {

			$translated_numbers = tie_get_option( 'translation_numbers' );

			if( ! empty( $translated_numbers ) && is_array( $translated_numbers ) && count( $translated_numbers ) == 10 ){

				$original_numbers = array( '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9' );
				return str_replace( $original_numbers, $translated_numbers, $the_number );
			}
		}

		return $the_number;
	}

}

// Single instance.
$TIELABS_FILTERS = new TIELABS_FILTERS();/**
 * Taqyeem Class
 *
 */

defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit; // Exit if accessed directly



if( ! class_exists( 'TIELABS_TAQYEEM' ) ) {

	class TIELABS_TAQYEEM{

		/**
		 * __construct
		 *
		 * Class constructor where we will call our filter and action hooks.
		 */
		function __construct(){

			// Disable if the Taqyeem plugin is not active
			if( ! TIELABS_TAQYEEM_IS_ACTIVE ){
				return;
			}

			// Disable the Custom Styles and Typofraphy options
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_custom_styles', '__return_false' );

			// Disable Updater and Verification
			add_filter( 'Taqyeem/Updater/disable',      '__return_true' );
			add_filter( 'Taqyeem/Verification/disable', '__return_true' );

			// Disable the plugin Rich Snippets
			add_filter( 'tie_taqyeem_rich_snippets', '__return_false' );

			// Remove Shortcodes code and Keep the content
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_exclude_content', 'TIELABS_HELPER::strip_shortcodes' );

			// Dequeue Scripts and Styles
			add_filter( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'enqueue_scripts' ), 50 );

			// Dequeue Scripts and Styles
			add_filter( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', array( $this, 'admin_enqueue_scripts' ), 50 );

			// Change the reviews head box class
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_reviews_head_classes', array( $this, 'review_head_class' ) );

			// Alter the Queries
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Query/args', array( $this, 'best_reviews_query' ), 10, 2 );

			// Alter the Related Posts Query
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/related_posts_query', array( $this, 'related_posts_query' ) );

			// Alter the Check Also box Query
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/checkalso_query', array( $this, 'checkalso_query' ) );

			// Default Widgets Posts Thumb Size
			add_filter( 'tie_taqyeem_widget_thumb_size', array( $this, 'reviews_thumb_size' ) );

			// Allow the Rview Rich Snippet on Pages
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/is_page_rich_snippet', array( $this, 'rich_snippet_for_page' ) );

			// Change the Review Rich Snippet
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/rich_snippet_schema', array( $this, 'review_rich_snippet' ) );

			// Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Options/Related/post_order_args',   array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Options/Checkalso/post_order_args', array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Builder/Block/post_order_args',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Settings/Category/posts_order',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Widget/Slider/post_order_args',     array( $this, 'posts_order_args' ) );
			add_filter( 'TieLabs/Widget/Posts/post_order_args',      array( $this, 'posts_order_args_2' ) );

			// Prevent Taqyeem from displaying the review box in the content block in the builder
			add_action( 'TieLabs/Builder/before', array( $this, 'remove_review_block' ) );

			// Replace the old icon classes with the new classes of Font Awesome 5.0
			add_filter( 'taqyeem_buttons_icon',  array( $this, 'replace_icon_fa5' ) );
		}


		/**
		 * Allow the Rview Rich Snippet on Pages
		 */
		function rich_snippet_for_page(){

			if( tie_get_postdata( 'taq_review_position' ) ){
				return true;
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Change the Review Rich Snippet
		 */
		function review_rich_snippet( $schema ){

			// Check if the Taqyeem Structured Data is active, current post has review and the Taqyeem version is >= 2.3.0
			if( ! taqyeem_get_option( 'structured_data' ) || ! tie_get_postdata( 'taq_review_position' ) || ! function_exists( 'taqyeem_review_get_rich_snippet' ) ){
				return $schema;
			}

			// Unset some data
			unset( $schema['articleBody'] );
			unset( $schema['articleSection'] );

			// Get the Review structure data
			$review_rich_snippet = taqyeem_review_get_rich_snippet();

			if( $review_rich_snippet['@type'] == 'product' ){
				$schema = $review_rich_snippet;
			}
			else{
				// Add the data to the post structure data
				$schema['@type']        = 'review';
				$schema['itemReviewed'] = $review_rich_snippet['itemReviewed'];
				$schema['reviewBody']   = $review_rich_snippet['reviewBody'];
				$schema['reviewRating'] = $review_rich_snippet['reviewRating'];
			}

			// return the modefied data
			return $schema;
		}


		/**
		 * Change the reviews head box class
		 */
		function review_head_class( $class ){
			return tie_get_box_class( $class );
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the query for the best reviews
		 */
		function best_reviews_query( $args, $block ){

			if( ! empty( $block['order'] ) && $block['order'] == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the Related Posts Query
		 */
		function related_posts_query( $args ){

			if( tie_get_option( 'related_order' ) == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Alter the Check Also Query
		 */
		function checkalso_query( $args ){

			if( tie_get_option( 'check_also_order' ) == 'best' ){
				$args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
				$args['meta_key'] = 'taq_review_score';
			}

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
		 */
		function posts_order_args( $args ){

			$args['best'] = esc_html__( 'Best Reviews', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN );

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Add Best Reviews to the post order option menu.
		 */
		function posts_order_args_2( $args ){

			$args['standard']['best'] = esc_html__( 'Best Reviews', TIELABS_TEXTDOMAIN );

			return $args;
		}


		/**
		 * Default Widgets Posts Thumb Size
		 */
		function reviews_thumb_size(){
			return TIELABS_THEME_SLUG.'-image-small';
		}


		/**
		 * Prevent Taqyeem from displaying the review box in the content block in the builder
		 */
		function remove_review_block(){
			remove_filter( 'the_content', 'taqyeem_insert_review' );
		}


		/**
		 * Dequeue Scripts and Styles
		 */
		function enqueue_scripts(){

			wp_dequeue_script( 'taqyeem-main' );
			wp_dequeue_style( 'taqyeem-style' );

			wp_enqueue_style( 'taqyeem-styles', TIELABS_TEMPLATE_URL.'/assets/css/plugins/taqyeem'. TIELABS_STYLES::is_minified() .'.css', array(), TIELABS_DB_VERSION, 'all' );

			if( ! is_admin() ){
				wp_dequeue_style( 'taqyeem-fontawesome' );
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Dequeue Scripts and Styles from admin
		 */
		function admin_enqueue_scripts(){

			// Don't Load the main Font Awesome file of the theme in the add/edit posts screens, avoid issue with Taqyeem Button which uses v4.0
			if( function_exists( 'tie_taqyeem_button_output' ) && get_post_type() ){

				wp_dequeue_style( 'tie-fontawesome' );
			}
		}


		/**
		 * Replace the old icon classes with the new classes of Font Awesome 5.0
		 */
		function replace_icon_fa5( $icon ){
			return tie_fa4_to_fa5_value_migration( $icon );
		}


	}


	// Instantiate the class
	new TIELABS_TAQYEEM();
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<p data-testid="paragraph-1" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">“It was somewhat scary to, you already know, depend on it and to simply, you already know, sit again and let it drive,” he informed a U.S. investigator about Tesla’s Autopilot system, describing his preliminary emotions in regards to the know-how.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-2" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Geoulla made the feedback to the investigator in January 2018, days after his Tesla, with Autopilot engaged, slammed into the again of an unoccupied fireplace truck parked on a California interstate freeway. Reuters couldn&#8217;t attain him for added remark.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-3" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Over time, Geoulla&#8217;s preliminary doubts about Autopilot softened, and he discovered it dependable when monitoring a car in entrance of him. However he observed the system generally appeared confused when confronted with direct daylight or a car in entrance of him altering lanes, in line with a transcript of his interview with a Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) investigator.</p>
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<p data-testid="paragraph-5" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Autopilot’s design allowed Geoulla to disengage from driving throughout his journey, and his arms had been off the wheel for nearly your complete interval of roughly half-hour when the know-how was activated, the NTSB discovered.</p>
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<p data-testid="paragraph-18" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">&#8220;Right this moment&#8217;s laptop imaginative and prescient is much from good and might be for the foreseeable future,&#8221; mentioned Raj Rajkumar, a professor {of electrical} and laptop engineering at Carnegie Mellon College.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-19" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Within the first identified deadly U.S. crash involving Tesla’s semi-autonomous driving know-how, which occurred in 2016 west of Williston, Florida, the corporate mentioned each the motive force and Autopilot didn&#8217;t see the white aspect of a tractor trailer towards a brightly lit sky. As a substitute of braking, the Tesla collided with the 18-wheel truck.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-20" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">DRIVER MISUSE, FAILED BRAKING</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-21" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">NHTSA in January 2017 closed an investigation of Autopilot stemming from that deadly crash, discovering no defect within the Autopilot efficiency after some contentious exchanges with Tesla officers, in line with paperwork reviewed by Reuters.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-22" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">In December 2016, as a part of that probe, the company requested Tesla to offer particulars on the corporate&#8217;s response to any inner security issues raised about Autopilot, together with the potential for driver misuse or abuse, in line with a particular order despatched by regulators to the automaker.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-23" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">After a NHTSA lawyer discovered Tesla&#8217;s preliminary response missing, Tesla&#8217;s then-general counsel, Todd Maron, tried once more. He informed regulators the request was &#8220;grossly overbroad&#8221; and that it might be unattainable to catalog all issues raised throughout Autopilot&#8217;s growth, in line with correspondence reviewed by Reuters.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-24" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Nonetheless, Tesla needed to co-operate, Maron informed regulators. Throughout Autopilot’s growth, firm staff or contractors had raised issues that Tesla addressed relating to the potential for unintended or failed braking and acceleration; undesired or failed steering; and sure sorts of misuse and abuse by drivers, Maron mentioned, with out offering additional particulars.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-25" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Maron didn&#8217;t reply to messages in search of remark.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-26" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">It&#8217;s not clear how regulators responded. One former U.S. official mentioned Tesla typically co-operated with the probe and produced requested supplies promptly. Regulators closed the investigation simply earlier than former U.S. president Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration, discovering Autopilot carried out as designed and that Tesla took steps to forestall it from being misused.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-27" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">LEADERSHIP VACUUM IN NHTSA</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-28" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">NHTSA has been with out a Senate-confirmed chief for practically 5 years. President Joe Biden has but to appoint anybody to run the company.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-29" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">NHTSA paperwork present that regulators wish to know the way Tesla autos try to see flashing lights on emergency autos, or detect the presence of fireside vehicles, ambulances and police automobiles of their path. The company has sought comparable info from 12 rival automakers as effectively.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-30" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">&#8220;Tesla has been requested to provide and validate knowledge in addition to their interpretation of that knowledge. NHTSA will conduct our personal impartial validation and evaluation of all info,&#8221; NHTSA informed Reuters.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-31" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Musk, the electric-car pioneer, has fought laborious to defend Autopilot from critics and regulators. Tesla has used Autopilot’s capability to replace car software program over the air to outpace and sidestep the normal vehicle-recall course of.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-32" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Musk has repeatedly , generally in ways in which critics say mislead clients into believing Teslas can drive themselves &#8211; regardless of warnings on the contrary in proprietor&#8217;s manuals that inform drivers to stay engaged and description the know-how&#8217;s limitations.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-33" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">Musk has additionally continued to launch what Tesla calls beta &#8211; or unfinished &#8211; variations of a &#8220;Full Self-Driving&#8221; system through over-the-air software program upgrades.</p>
<p data-testid="paragraph-34" class="Text__text___3eVx1j Text__dark-grey___AS2I_p Text__regular___Bh17t- Text__large___1i0u1F Body__base___25kqPt Body__large_body___3g04wK ArticleBody__element___3UrnEs">&#8220;Some producers are going to do what they wish to do to promote a automotive and it’s up the federal government to rein that in,&#8221; the NTSB&#8217;s Homendy mentioned.</p>
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		<script id="tie-schema-json" type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","dateCreated":"2021-09-21T17:41:28+00:00","datePublished":"2021-09-21T17:41:28+00:00","dateModified":"2021-09-21T17:41:28+00:00","headline":"A life and death question for regulators: Is Tesla&#8217;s Autopilot safe?","name":"A life and death question for regulators: Is Tesla&#8217;s Autopilot safe?","keywords":"Autopilot,death,Life,question,regulators,safe,Teslas","url":"https:\/\/baghdadtime.com\/a-life-and-death-question-for-regulators-is-teslas-autopilot-safe\/","description":"Sept 21 (Reuters) - Robin Geoulla had doubts in regards to the automated driving know-how geared up on his Tesla Mannequin S when he purchased the electrical automotive in 2017.\u201cIt was somewhat scary","copyrightYear":"2021","articleSection":"Business","articleBody":"Sept 21 (Reuters) - Robin Geoulla had doubts in regards to the automated driving know-how geared up on his Tesla Mannequin S when he purchased the electrical automotive in 2017.\u201cIt was somewhat scary to, you already know, depend on it and to simply, you already know, sit again and let it drive,\u201d he informed a U.S. investigator about Tesla\u2019s Autopilot system, describing his preliminary emotions in regards to the know-how.Geoulla made the feedback to the investigator in January 2018, days after his Tesla, with Autopilot engaged, slammed into the again of an unoccupied fireplace truck parked on a California interstate freeway. Reuters couldn't attain him for added remark.Over time, Geoulla's preliminary doubts about Autopilot softened, and he discovered it dependable when monitoring a car in entrance of him. However he observed the system generally appeared confused when confronted with direct daylight or a car in entrance of him altering lanes, in line with a transcript of his interview with a Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) investigator.He was driving into the solar earlier than he rear-ended the hearth truck, he informed the investigator.Autopilot\u2019s design allowed Geoulla to disengage from driving throughout his journey, and his arms had been off the wheel for nearly your complete interval of roughly half-hour when the know-how was activated, the NTSB discovered.The U.S. company, which makes suggestions however lacks enforcement powers, has beforehand urged regulators on the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) to analyze Autopilot's limitations, potential for driver misuse and potential security dangers following a sequence of crashes involving the know-how, a few of them deadly.\"The previous has proven the main focus has been on innovation over security and I\u2019m hoping we\u2019re at some extent the place that tide is popping,\" the NTSB's new chair, Jennifer Homendy, informed Reuters in an interview. She mentioned there isn't a comparability between Tesla's Autopilot and the extra rigorous autopilot techniques utilized in aviation that contain skilled pilots, guidelines addressing fatigue and testing for medication and alcohol.Tesla didn't reply to written questions for this story.Autopilot is a sophisticated driver-assistance function whose present model doesn't render autos autonomous, the corporate says on its web site. Tesla says that drivers should conform to hold arms on the wheel and preserve management of their autos earlier than enabling the system.LIMITED VISIBILITYGeoulla\u2019s 2018 crash is certainly one of 12 accidents involving Autopilot that NHTSA officers are scrutinizing as a part of the company\u2019s farthest-reaching investigation since Tesla Inc  launched the semi-autonomous driving system in 2015.A lot of the crashes below investigation occurred after darkish or in situations creating restricted visibility corresponding to obtrusive daylight, in line with a NHTSA assertion, NTSB paperwork and police stories reviewed by Reuters. That raises questions on Autopilot\u2019s capabilities throughout difficult driving situations, in line with autonomous driving specialists.\"NHTSA\u2019s enforcement and defect authority is broad, and we are going to act once we detect an unreasonable threat to public security,\" a NHTSA spokesperson mentioned in an announcement to Reuters.Since 2016, U.S. auto security regulators have individually despatched 33 particular crash investigation groups to overview Tesla crashes involving 11 deaths wherein superior driver help techniques had been suspected of being in use. NHTSA has dominated out Autopilot use in three of these nonfatal crashes.The  of Autopilot in impact reopens the query of whether or not the know-how is protected. It represents the most recent important problem for Elon Musk, the Tesla chief government whose advocacy of driverless automobiles has helped his firm turn into the .Tesla expenses clients as much as $10,000 for superior driver help options corresponding to lane altering, with a promise to ultimately ship autonomous driving functionality to their automobiles utilizing solely cameras and superior software program. Different carmakers and self-driving corporations use not solely cameras however dearer {hardware} together with radar and lidar of their present and upcoming autos.Musk has mentioned a Tesla with eight cameras might be far safer than human drivers. However the digital camera know-how is affected by darkness and solar glare in addition to inclement climate situations corresponding to heavy rain, snow and fog, specialists and business executives say.\"Right this moment's laptop imaginative and prescient is much from good and might be for the foreseeable future,\" mentioned Raj Rajkumar, a professor {of electrical} and laptop engineering at Carnegie Mellon College.Within the first identified deadly U.S. crash involving Tesla\u2019s semi-autonomous driving know-how, which occurred in 2016 west of Williston, Florida, the corporate mentioned each the motive force and Autopilot didn't see the white aspect of a tractor trailer towards a brightly lit sky. As a substitute of braking, the Tesla collided with the 18-wheel truck.DRIVER MISUSE, FAILED BRAKINGNHTSA in January 2017 closed an investigation of Autopilot stemming from that deadly crash, discovering no defect within the Autopilot efficiency after some contentious exchanges with Tesla officers, in line with paperwork reviewed by Reuters.In December 2016, as a part of that probe, the company requested Tesla to offer particulars on the corporate's response to any inner security issues raised about Autopilot, together with the potential for driver misuse or abuse, in line with a particular order despatched by regulators to the automaker.After a NHTSA lawyer discovered Tesla's preliminary response missing, Tesla's then-general counsel, Todd Maron, tried once more. He informed regulators the request was \"grossly overbroad\" and that it might be unattainable to catalog all issues raised throughout Autopilot's growth, in line with correspondence reviewed by Reuters.Nonetheless, Tesla needed to co-operate, Maron informed regulators. Throughout Autopilot\u2019s growth, firm staff or contractors had raised issues that Tesla addressed relating to the potential for unintended or failed braking and acceleration; undesired or failed steering; and sure sorts of misuse and abuse by drivers, Maron mentioned, with out offering additional particulars.Maron didn't reply to messages in search of remark.It's not clear how regulators responded. One former U.S. official mentioned Tesla typically co-operated with the probe and produced requested supplies promptly. Regulators closed the investigation simply earlier than former U.S. president Donald Trump's inauguration, discovering Autopilot carried out as designed and that Tesla took steps to forestall it from being misused.LEADERSHIP VACUUM IN NHTSANHTSA has been with out a Senate-confirmed chief for practically 5 years. President Joe Biden has but to appoint anybody to run the company.NHTSA paperwork present that regulators wish to know the way Tesla autos try to see flashing lights on emergency autos, or detect the presence of fireside vehicles, ambulances and police automobiles of their path. The company has sought comparable info from 12 rival automakers as effectively.\"Tesla has been requested to provide and validate knowledge in addition to their interpretation of that knowledge. NHTSA will conduct our personal impartial validation and evaluation of all info,\" NHTSA informed Reuters.Musk, the electric-car pioneer, has fought laborious to defend Autopilot from critics and regulators. Tesla has used Autopilot\u2019s capability to replace car software program over the air to outpace and sidestep the normal vehicle-recall course of.Musk has repeatedly , generally in ways in which critics say mislead clients into believing Teslas can drive themselves - regardless of warnings on the contrary in proprietor's manuals that inform drivers to stay engaged and description the know-how's limitations.Musk has additionally continued to launch what Tesla calls beta - or unfinished - variations of a \"Full Self-Driving\" system through over-the-air software program upgrades.\"Some producers are going to do what they wish to do to promote a automotive and it\u2019s up the federal government to rein that in,\" the NTSB's Homendy mentioned.Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco, Mike Spector in New York and David Shepardson in Washington\nModifying by Joseph White and Matthew Lewis: \r\nSource link ","publisher":{"@id":"#Publisher","@type":"Organization","name":"Baghdad Time","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/baghdadtime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Fichier-11.png"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/facebook.com\/NewsFeedHubCom","https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsFeedHub","#","#"]},"sourceOrganization":{"@id":"#Publisher"},"copyrightHolder":{"@id":"#Publisher"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/baghdadtime.com\/a-life-and-death-question-for-regulators-is-teslas-autopilot-safe\/","breadcrumb":{"@id":"#Breadcrumb"}},"author":{"@type":"Person","name":"ghaith","url":"https:\/\/baghdadtime.com\/author\/ghaith\/"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/baghdadtime.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/IXBISQHO7FMPLDV7HYGJCFQWTU.jpg","width":1200,"height":283}}</script>
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