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Tesla on 'autopilot' crashes into deputy's vehicle in Washington state
There were no injuries, but there was significant damage to the patrol vehicle, the sheriff's office said.
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Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said, "This is a great reminder that vehicles may have autopilot to assist, but it cannot be relied upon to get you safely from one destination to the next."
You know it. We know it. Everybody knows it: Tesla's "Autopilot" and "Full Self Driving" names for its supposedly autonomous driving features are misleading. This has led drivers, like a 25-yo man in San Francisco last week, to be arrested by the police for reckless driving after he sat in the backseat of his Tesla while the car piloted itself down Interstate-80. This kind of reckless behavior is made possible by the company mislabeling its driver-assisted modes as full autonomy, causing some people to feel overconfident about the vehicle's capabilities.
For more on Tesla-involved accidents, visit Tesla Deaths.com.
That's because Tesla is now officially "under review" and being "probed" by the California Department of Motor Vehicles "to determine whether the electric car maker misleads customers by advertising its 'full self-driving capability' option," the LA Times reported late Monday.
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