Posted on 08/28/2021 8:10:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
According to a statement from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), at the time of the incident, a trooper had stopped to assist a driver whose 2012 Mercedes GLK 350 was disabled at the side of the Interstate 4 (I-4) highway in Orlando. The trooper had already stepped out of his parked police vehicle, a 2018 Dodge Charger, by the time the Tesla Model 3 ran into it.
The front right of the Tesla hit the left side of the police car and then hit the Mercedes SUV.
According to emails to CNBC and a press statement from FHP on Saturday, police are notifying Tesla and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration about the incident.
Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The crash comes amid federal scrutiny of Tesla’s advanced driver assistance systems.
As CNBC previously reported, the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration opened an investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot feature after it determined that the system had been in use in a string of Tesla collisions with first responder vehicles that led to 17 injuries and a fatality over the past few years.
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Who gets the ticket?
Elon.
We seem to have a massive number of new model 3s on the road around here. There are both federal and state incentives that make them as cheap as a Prius. It seems like they are all on autopilot. They are incredibly poorly driven.
She was in control of the vehicle.
Not that I want this, but I’d rather have a vehicle that can tell when I’m driving badly to force me to pull over until I can drive well than have a vehicle that drives itself for me.
Give Teslas wide berth now that we know the idiot owners are not driving them.
Yup, I’m drunk officer...but the car is sober.
“I drove myself to the bar.. but then I trusted my car to be my designated driver.”
The good news is, the Tesla didn’t do a Bolt.
“Who gets the ticket?”
Maybe Elon sits at a computer screen, brings up his cars, and crashes them for kicks.
Oh look, more “OMG Tesla!” clickbait.
Yes, accidents happen. Autopilot isn’t perfect.
Now, how many accidents have been avoided by Autopilot?
“We seem to have a massive number of new model 3s on the road around here.”
same where i live ... suddenly quite a few zipping about ... either that or it’s the sames ones over and over again ... hard to tell ...
I wonder how her insurance is gong to look at that. Are they going to refuse to pay because she failed to control the vehicle? I wonder what their legal options are in that state.
Typical NY or Cali Lefties pouring into Otown to
Replicate the Living hell they invaded
from .
Go home nasty Leftist Yankee invaders .
Be sure to disengage ‘Attack Mode’ prior to engaging ‘Autopilot Mode’
TESLA: the car with attitude!
“Who gets the ticket?”
The Tesla driver.
Woman claims car accident not her fault.
This is news?
Was she blonde or an Asian?
Now, how many accidents have been avoided by Autopilot?
No way to tell for certain. We will never know.
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