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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I just cannot believe that people are stupid enough to turn control of their vehicle over to artificial intelligence, for even one second. All it takes is a split of one second for a life changing event to occur. Fortunately for all involved, this time, it only resulted in property damage.
A completely unprovable number.
“Now, how many accidents have been avoided by Autopilot?”
The same number as the folks that avoided “would’ve been so much worse if I hadn’t been vaxxed” COVID symptoms.
We’ll never know...
It is easy to know. Autopilot has over 10 times less accidents per million miles. It is far safer than human drivers.
I wouldn’t believe her. It was probably in cruise control not autopilot
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