The 40-year-old man died when his self-driving Tesla collided with a truck. Now say a witness to a DVD player was going in the car.
The first death reported regarding a car in autopilot mode. Now Reuters reports that the driver, a 40 year old American, may have looked at the film when the accident occurred. A witness stated that a Harry Potter film should have been running on a portable DVD player in the car wreck after the crash. But the testimonies differ on the film really been running or not.
Clearly states that the fatal accident occurred May 7 on a highway in Florida and the car brand Tesla S driven straight into a trailer to a truck that crossed the road .
– What we know is that the vehicle was on a divided highway with the autopilot engaged when a truck crossed the road perpendicular to the Model S. Neither the pilot or driver noticed the white side of the trailer toward the brightly lit sky, the brake is not activated, writes Tesla in a statement.
the statement emphasizes Tesla autopilot in your car is in beta testing and the driver whether there must always be alert even when plugged in.
Bloomberg News reports that US transportation authorities have now decided to launch a study of Tesla’s Model S. The investigation shall include 25 000 cars.
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