It is believed to be the first felony prosecution in the U.S. against a driver using a partially automated driving system.
, at the intersection of Artesia Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Gardena police said the Tesla Model S left a freeway and ran a red light when it smashed into a Honda Civic. The crash killed Gilberto Alcazar Lopez, 40, of Rancho Dominguez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, 39, of Lynwood, who were in the Civic and were on their first date that night, relatives told the Orange County Register.
Los Angeles County prosecutors filed the charges last October. Prosecutors said the Tesla's Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control were active. A Tesla engineer testified that sensors indicated Riad had a hand on the steering wheel but crash data showed no brakes were applied in the six minutes before the crash. A police officer testified Thursday that several traffic signs warning motorists to slow down were posted near the end of the freeway. Tesla has said that Autopilot and a more sophisticated"Full Self-Driving" system cannot drive themselves and that drivers must pay attention and be ready to react at any time.has occurred on numerous occasions and is the subject of investigations by two federal agencies. The filing of charges in the crash could serve notice to drivers who use systems like Autopilot that they cannot rely on them to control vehicles. The criminal charges aren't the first involving an automated driving system, but they are the first to involve a widely used driver technology. Authorities in Arizona filed a charge of negligent homicide in 2020 against a driver Uber had hired to take part in the testing of a fully autonomous vehicle on public roads. The Uber vehicle, an SUV with the human backup driver on board, struck and killed a pedestrian.to determine whether a Tesla involved in a May 12 crash in Newport Beach that killed three people was operating on a partially automated driving system.
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