More than two years ago, he was involved in a fatal accident by turning on Autopilot in the USA. Tesla driver, by vehicle by killing two people accused. Car owner Kevin George, 27, to St. Riad The charges represent the first serious charges for a fatal accident involving a driver using Tesla’s popular self-driving system.
Kevin George St. RiadHe was allegedly behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S, which came off a highway in the Gardena suburb of Los Angeles in December 2019, ran a red light and crashed into a Honda Civic. Two people, Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, who were traveling in the Civic, died in the accident.
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The case was filed last October, though Los Angeles County prosecutors brought the charges against the Riad to light last week.
in the USA with automatic driving systems Other related lawsuits have been filed, but Riad’s charges are the first to be directly linked to Tesla’s widely used Autopilot technology.
Tesla’s Autopilot It can control steering, speed and braking by itself. An estimated 765,000 Tesla vehicles are currently equipped with this technology in the US.
Numerous accidents involving Autopilot are being investigated by the NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board. Ever since the autopilot crashes started, Tesla has continued to update the software to prevent drivers from misusing the feature.
The electric car giant, which did not make a statement about this fatal accident, called Autopilot and more sophisticated “Full Self-DrivingHe warned that the (Full Self-Driving) system cannot be trusted 100 percent, that drivers should always pay attention and be ready to react at any time.