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Sleeping Driver on Tesla AutoPilot
A Tesla Model S remained on autopilot while being operated by a drunk, sleeping operator whose hands were not on the wheel. The police had to slow the car down by slowing in front of the vehicle to activate its 'driver assist' feature .
- Date it happened
- 2018-12-01
- Organisation involved
- Tesla, Motorist
- Product, system or model
- Tesla's Autopilot is a "suite of software, cameras and sensors intended to assist drivers and prevent accidents by taking over many aspects of driving a car." These include steering, braking, and acce
Where this came from
- fortune.com
- electrek.co
- theregister.co.uk
- driving.co.uk
- theverge.com
- digitaltrends.com
- theguardian.com
- sacbee.com
- sacbee.com
- tech.slashdot.org
- techly.com.au
- mashable.com
- autonews.com
- inverse.com
- arstechnica.com
- topspeed.com
- driving.co.uk
- entrepreneur.com
- insideevs.com
- extremetech.com
- businessinsider.com.au
- wired.com
- sfchronicle.com
Attribution
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