Authorities said they have not yet independently verified whether Autopilot was in use at the time of the crash.
A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road.
The 56-year-old driver was arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide “based on the admitted inattention to driving, while on Autopilot mode, and the distraction of the cell phone while moving forward, putting trust in the machine to drive for him,” the affidavit said.The Tesla driver told the trooper that he was driving home from having lunch when the crash occurred at about 3:45 p.m.
The death comes about four months after U.S. auto safety regulators pressured Tesla into recalling more than 2 million vehicles to fix a defective system that's supposed to make sure drivers pay attention when using Autopilot. Autopilot can keep a car centered in its lane and a distance from vehicles in front of it, but Tesla says on its website that the cars can't drive themselves, despite the name.
Many Teslas have cameras in the cabin that can watch drivers using Autopilot, but Funkhouser said Consumer Reports found in testing that the cameras can be covered up by drivers without consequences.
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