Tesla in an autopilot crashes into the police
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) tweeted Saturday morning that “A policeman stopped to help a disabled driver on I-4. Then a Tesla, set in "auto" mode, hit the patrol car. The policeman was out of the car and extremely lucky not to have been hit. " Attached to the tweet are several images of the accident scene.
Happening now: Orange County. Trooper stopped to help a disabled motorist on I-4. When Tesla driving on “auto” mode struck the patrol car. Trooper was outside of car and extremely lucky to have not been struck. #moveover . WB lanes of I-4 remain block as scene is being cleared. pic.twitter.com/w9N7cE4bAR
– FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) August 28, 2021
It looks like the passenger side of the Tesla hit the officer's car sideways.
The image of the police car shows that the driver's side was severely mutilated in the accident.
What's important to note is that the Tesla driver had activated autopilot during the crash, according to police.
People commenting on the FHP post are demanding that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) open an investigation into this incident that may have killed a law enforcement officer.
Hey @NHTSAgov isn't there an open investigation about this? How about we turn it off till the investigation is complete? @NTSB @FTC @SenMarkey @JenniferHomendy @SenBlumenthal @NHTSArecalls @NTSB_Newsroom
– SnazzyG (@kelloggsboss) August 28, 2021
The NHTSA recently said it has opened a formal investigation into the company's autopilot function. He said he's opening a probe in Tesla's Model X, S, and 3 for model years 2014-2021. The wide range of models and model years means this could be the broad survey Tesla skeptics have been asking for years.
Tesla founder Elon Musk also doubts Tesla's Beta 9.2 "Full Self Driving" version, calling it "actually not great" in a casual conversation on Twitter.
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