Tesla Model S on autopilot slammed into a police car because the driver was watching a movie on his phone, authorities say
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.A driver in North Carolina was watching a movie while driving his Tesla Model S when it careened into a police car, authorities said. There have been many past incidents of careless drivers putting too much faith in the driver-assistance software, Autopilot, which has been criticized for its name.
The crash occurred around midnight on a rural stretch of a divided four-lane highway, where the officer was assisting a local sheriff's deputy in responding to a separate crash on the side of the roadway, when the Tesla ploughed into the cars, totaling both. The driver, identified by police as Devainder Goli, a doctor from Raleigh, was charged with violating a state law that says motorists must move over for stopped emergency responders and for watching television while operating a vehicle. He could not be reached for comment."We were doing a simple lane closure and then death's suddenly there at our footsteps,"
. "It shows automation is never going to take the place of our motoring public paying attention, not texting, not being on the phone, but focusing on what you were doing: driving."
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