After nearly three years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation into Tesla's autopilot driver assistance system by concluding that the EV maker's safety measures are inadequate.
After nearly three years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has closed its investigation into crashes involving Tesla’s autopilot driver assistance system by concluding that the EV maker’s safety measures are inadequate.
The office cited a “critical safety gap between drivers’ expectations of operating capabilities and the system’s true capabilities. This gap led to foreseeable misuse and avoidable crashes.” However, many of the crashes involved Tesla’s self-driving program. According to the data reviewed by the agency, 211 crashes involved Tesla’s front plane striking a vehicle or obstacle “with adequate time for an attentive driver to respond to avoid or mitigate the crash.”
Tesla’s autopilot program requires drivers to be attentive while the software is engaged and has sensors and cameras that can detect when a driver is not engaging with the system properly. In response to criticism that the safety features did not go far enough, Tesla issued a massive software recall on the autopilot technology in December.
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