Tesla rear-ends Kawasaki motorcycle, kills rider
A Tesla Model 3 rear-ended a Kawasaki mo torcycle in Boca Raton, Florida, in the middle of the night, throwing the biker from her seat into the Tesla's windshield. She died from her injuries at a nearby medical centre. According to CNN , the official report from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office said Tesla 's Autopilot partially-automated driver assistance system was engaged . It also said that the driver, lawyer Richard Do rfman, was found to have been driving impaired at the time of the crash. The incident was the third in two months in which Teslas using Autopilot had hit motorbikes from behind and killed the riders. A Tesla Model 3 rear-ended a Harley-Davidson in Utah, killing its rider, 34-year-old Landon Embry . And a Tesla Model Y killed a rider having rear-ended a Yamaha motorcycle on a freeway outside Riverside, Californi a . System 🤖 Tesla Autopilot, Full-self Driving Developer: Tesla Country: USA Sector: Automotive Purpose: Automate steering, acceleration, braking Technology: Driver assistance system Issue: Accuracy/reliability; Safety
- Date it happened
- 2022-08-01
- Organisation involved
- Rick Dorfman
- Product, system or model
- Tesla Autopilot
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