Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US

Reuters
Fri 18 Jun 2021 01.41 BST

US safety regulators have opened 30 investigations into Tesla crashes involving 10 deaths since 2016 where an advanced driver assistance system was suspected to have been in use.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a list offering details about crashes under review by its special crash investigations programs.

The agency, which has previously confirmed some specific Tesla crash investigations, had not previously released to Reuters a full accounting of all Tesla crashes investigated where Tesla’s Autopilot system was suspected of being involved.

Of the 30 Tesla crashes, NHTSA has ruled out Tesla’s Autopilot in three and published reports on two of the crashes.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jun/18/thirty-tesla-crashes-linked-to-assisted-driving-system-under-investigation-in-us

[Drum]

1. Crossposting to Automobile Skeptics

[Budi]

5. We have an Automobile Skeptics forum?

🤔

[napi21]

2. It looks to me like the nuts who own these Teslas are completely ignoring driving their car

or even monitoring what's going on. Tesla states the driver is to pay attention to the driving at all times, even when auto pilot is engaged. I think the drivers are doing something else, reading the paper, watching a movie on their phone who knows what, but sure not monitoring the auto drive operation. I don't know what the investigation will show, but I don't blame Tesla. I blame driver inattention!

[TreasonousBastard]

3. I blame Tesla for giving them the opportunity. Cadillac has a system that checks to make sure...

the driver is watching the road.

[Budi]

4. About damned time.

"Of the 30 Tesla crashes, NHTSA has ruled out Tesla’s Autopilot in three"

That's a real shitty record ya got there Elon!