The motorcyclist, Jeffrey Nissen, 28, was under the car and pronounced dead at the scene, authorities reported.
A 56-year-old Tesla Model S driver said he was using Autopilot when he hit and killed someone on a motorcycle last week about 15 miles outside Seattle.The Washington State Patrol's affidavit said the driver was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide "based on the admitted inattention to driving," while on Autopilot mode and using a cell phone while driving, according to a CNBC report. The department did not respond to Business Insider's request for records.The driver told a Washington State...
SEATTLE >> A Tesla that may have been operating on the company’s Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road.
Occurring in a suburban area northeast of the city, the incident has sparked concerns about the efficacy of Tesla's recent recall to ensure driver attention while using Autopilot.
NHTSA Probes Tesla Autopilot Again After 20 Crashes Since Update Remedy The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating Tesla's Autopilot (again) to determine if the over-the-air update to the automated driving system was enough to keep drivers on the road. The new probe comes after the NHTSA closed a multi-year investigation into Autopilot. The prior report found evidence that "Tesla's weak driver engagement system was not appropriate for Autopilot's...
Driver admitted looking down at his cellphone in the seconds prior to the fatal collision near Seattle
APRIL 26--A Tesla owner has been charged with vehicular homicide after his car--traveling in autopilot mode--slammed into a motorcyclist when he got distracted looking at his cellphone, according to
Federal transportation agency finds Tesla’s claims about feature don’t match their findings and opens second investigationUS auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims did not match up with reality.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) disclosed on Friday that during its three-year Autopilot...
A newly published report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) links Tesla's Autopilot systems to nearly 1,000 crashes from the last few years, over two dozen of them fatal. Most were caused by inattentive drivers who may have falsely believed that the company's driver assistance systems amounted toRead Entire Article
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed a long-standing investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system after reviewing hundreds of crashes involving its misuse, including 13 that were fatal and “many more involving serious injuries.” At the same time, NHTSA is opening a new investigation to evaluate whether the Autopilot recall fix that Tesla implemented […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Ex-police officer Bruce Daley, aged in his 50s, was killed in the multi-vehicle crash in Brisbane's Legacy Way Tunnel at Mount Coot-Tha shortly after 3pm on Wednesday.
A motorcyclist died Saturday when he apparently drove off the road in the Palmdale area. The crash was reported at 4:03 p.m. Saturday in the 39000 block of Bouquet Canyon Road, east of Santiago Canyon Road in an unincorporated area of Orange County north of Trabuco Canyon, California Highway Patrol Officer Sean Lough told City […]