In the US, investigating the tragic accident involving the autopilot Tesla

Joshua Brown behind the wheel of his Tesla Model S. Photo: YouTube

Car Tesla Model S hit the first fatal accident, during which the autopilot was used.

The tragic incident occurred another 7 May. As they say in Tesla Motors, this is the first case of a fatal accident on the 130 of millions of miles that have already rolled cars with autopilot systems.

The death of a person while driving on autopilot will once again raise the debate in the automotive and legal circles about the safety of automatic control systems and the future of self-driving cars.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has already begun a preliminary investigation into the safety of Tesla Motors electric cars.

The agency will examine “the design and operation of the driving aids used at the time of the collision.”

Theoretically, the investigation could lead to the recall of 25 of thousands of the same cars, writes Reuters. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the company itself emphasize, however, that this is still a preliminary check.

After the announcement of the accident and the start of the investigation, Tesla's quotations on the exchange collapsed by 3 percent.

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Sedan Tesla Model S crashed into a truck with a trailer that made a left turn from the right lane.

The passenger car pulled down the roof, Tesla drove under a wagon, pulled off the road, rammed the fence, crossed the field, rammed another fence, and then stopped, crashing into a pole.

In a statement, Tesla Motors stated that neither the man in the car nor the autopilot system recognized the white side of the truck against the bright sky, so neither the man nor the autopilot even tried to press the brakes, пишет Air Force

Not for the first time

Joshua Brown, who died on May 7, posted a video in April, which shows that the autopilot did not react to the white mobile crane and almost drove it in from the right, пишет Market Watch.

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The head of Tesla Motors, Ilon Musk, presenting the software update with the autopilot function in October last year, strongly advised drivers to use it with caution.

The company recommended that drivers never let the steering wheel out of their hands, even with autopilot on, and reiterated that responsibility for driving was not removed from the driver.

“It is important to note that Tesla does not enable Autopilot by default and requires clear confirmation from the vehicle owner that they understand the risks of using the new technology, which is still being finalized, before enabling it,” the company said in a statement.

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