The driver of a Tesla Model S says it was on autopilot when it slammed into the side of the police cruiser blocking the road due to another accident.
After a serious accident involving a motorcyclist and a potential drunk driver, one Orange County police officer blocked the road leading up to the scene of the crash. However, he had to get out of the way of a Tesla Model S, which then hit the patrol car. Fortunately, the Tesla driver and the policeman weren’t injured.
He wasn’t paying attention to the road ahead, which you’re supposed to do even with Level 2 semi-autonomous driving engaged. He wasn’t immediately arrested, though, but he won’t get off lightly for endangering the officer’s life and destroying the police car, regardless of whether the car had Autopilot on or not. The driving log from the vehicle can be retrieved, and the claim that Autopilot was enabled can be verified.
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