• HOME
  • CONTACT US
facebook
03 5163 6888 contact@asianauto.com
  • main
  • LOCAL NEWS
  • INTERNATIONAL NEWS
  • CAR REVIEWS
  • MOTORSPORTS
BREAKING NEWS
New Proton 4S Centre Opens In Jalan Kebun, Klang By Vantage Speed
Luxembourg police is not the first to use Tesla police cruisers.
BOSCH providing a solution to city Parking Problems
Continental’s Executive Board decides on one of the largest organizational changes in the company’s history.
Mazda6 2019 model new technology & features shared
Volvo XC40 Is The Safest
Suzuki Unveils A New RM-Z250
BMW Group Malaysia Enjoys High Sales This January to June
Aprilia Divorces Naza Premira & Marries DiDi Resources
​BMW Concept X7 iPerformance for the first time in South East Asia.

Another Tesla Crashes While In Autonomous Mode

Posted On 31 May 2018
By : DTi
Comment: 0
Tag: autonomous, crash, Mode, Tesla

The driver of a Tesla Inc. Model S crashed into an unoccupied, parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, California, on Tuesday and the driver told investigators the Tesla was in “Autopilot” mode at the time, police said.

The driver suffered minor injuries, Laguna Beach Sergeant Jim Cota said, who posted photos of the crash scene showing extensive damage to the front end of the Tesla and the rear side of the police vehicle.

Autopilot is a semi-autonomous technology that the company says is a form of advanced cruise control.

“Tesla has always been clear that Autopilot doesn’t make the car impervious to all accidents,” the company said in a statement after the accident and could not immediately confirm the driver’s report that the vehicle was in Autopilot mode.

Several crashes and fire incidents involving Tesla vehicles this year has been a near constant challenge for CEO Elon Musk

Buy Kamagra Without Prescription

, who boasts that the company’s vehicles are among the safest in the industry.

Earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it was sending a team to investigate the crash of a Tesla vehicle in South Jordan, Utah. The driver was traveling at 60 mph (97 kph) per hour when the Model S smashed into a fire truck stopped at a red light, according to police.

Police in Utah said data from Tesla showed that the driver enabled Autopilot about 1 minute and 22 seconds before the crash. The report said she took her hands off the steering wheel “within two seconds” of engaging the system and then did not touch the steering wheel for the next 80 seconds, until the crash happened.

NHTSA is also investigating a fatal crash in March that involved a Tesla Model X using Autopilot that struck a highway divider. The agency is also probing the January crash of a Tesla vehicle apparently traveling in Autopilot that struck a parked fire truck. Both of those incidents were also in California.

The National Transportation Safety Board is also probing four Tesla crashes that have occurred since last year, including three under review by NHTSA.

Tesla’s Model S owner’s manual warns some Autopilot functions “cannot detect all objects and may not brake/decelerate for stationary vehicles or objects especially when traveling over 50 mph (80 kph)” and when a vehicle ahead of the driver “moves out of your driving path and a stationary vehicle or object is in front of you.”

About the Author
  • google-share
Previous Story

Toyota Has A NEW Hot Hatch We Won’t Get

Next Story

VW Returns To Global Brand Ranking

Related Posts

0

Luxembourg police is not the first to use Tesla police cruisers.

Posted On 23 Jul 2018
, By DTi
0

Innovation at the Speed of 5G….for the autonomous car

Posted On 21 Jun 2018
, By DTi
0

Tesla Has Been Forced To Sack 3,379 Employees

Posted On 18 Jun 2018
, By DTi

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

*
*

Popular Post

New Proton 4S Centre Opens In Jalan Kebun, Klang By Vantage Speed

No Responses.

More Safety and Greater Value-For-Money in New Toyota Corolla Altis

No Responses.

Continental Tyre Malaysia Launched its brand-new Generation 6 Products

No Responses.

All-New Toyota Innova Launched in Malaysia

No Responses.

Lotus Exige S350 - When GRIP is all you want and FUN is all you need

No Responses.

Porsche Boxster 718 - Topless driving just become more interesting

No Responses.

Honda Civic 1.8 - There has never been a better time to buy a new Civic

No Responses.

Mercedes-Benz CLA 200 - When you just want to be different on the road

No Responses.

Land Rover Discovery Sport - Allow You to go Nearly Anywhere in Style

No Responses.

Mazda’s All New and Revised 2017 CX-9 Test Driven

No Responses.
Copyright 2017 Premier Asian Auto Publications (M) SDN BHD. All Right Reserved.