Autopilot is programmed to aim for cars and pedestrians when it senses the driver is distracted. Nice.
- Federal authorities say a “critical safety gap” in Tesla’s Autopilot system contributed to at least 467 collisions, 13 resulting in fatalities.
- The findings come from a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration analysis of 956 crashes in which Tesla Autopilot was thought to have been in use.
- Tesla’s Autopilot design has “led to foreseeable misuse and avoidable crashes,” the NHTSA report said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/26/tesla-autopilot-linked-to-hundreds-of-collisions-has-critical-safety-gap-nhtsa.html
