KFI: A driver suffered “minor injuries” after his Tesla sedan that was running in autopilot mode crashed into a parked police car in Laguna Beach, California on Tuesday authorities said.
The man told USA Today that he had engaged the Tesla’s autopilot before getting into the crash. It’s the latest in a series of bad press for the semi-autonomous driving feature of the electric cars manufactured by Elon Musk’s company.
Tesla has repeatedly told consumers that their autopilot system should only be used to assist, not replace an alert human driver, a distinction that has many consumer groups crying foul. Consumer Watchdog Group Privacy and Technology Director John Simpson says Tesla’s portrayal of its autopilot is dangerous.
“If you’re touting something as being self-driving when it really isn’t, people start to not pay attention and guess what? The autopilot doesn’t drive the car itself, and people get killed,” said Simpson. MORE
Mandatory drug tests for autopilots!
liberal policies have ruined air travel, now liberal self driving cars are ruining auto travel.
you cannot escape the law of unintended consequences.
I may be a luddite but I don’t understand the push for driverless cars. It’s not only that thus far they are proving untrustworthy but why take all the fun out of driving. Oops, I think I just stumbled on the answer.
“Tesla has repeatedly told consumers that their autopilot system should only be used to assist, not replace an alert human driver”
As anyone who has taught a 16 year old how to drive, it’s more stressful and tiring watching the road AND keeping an eye on the little idiot driving the car.
No thanks, I’ll just do it myself.
Why would anyone with an ounce of sanity buy a Tesla? I’ve seen a few and I’m not impressed nor do I want to throw away a lot of money to buy one. I can buy a hell of a good vehicle for far less that’s a lot more reliable.
That Tesla ain’t going to get you to the state line in a hurricane evacuation – 8 hours stop and go for what is normally a 3-hour drive.
Tesla’s are too unsafe. I think I’ll just hop on one of Musk’s rocket ships instead.
I’ll never trust a self-driving car. I’ve used Microsoft.
It’s not autopilot. Dumbasses, you don’t pilot a car, you drive a car.
It’s more appropriately named AutoPileUp