Car Tesla Model S yesterday, may 29, crashed into a parked police car in Laguna beach (state of California). Fortunately, at that moment, it was empty.
As told investigators the driver of the Tesla was in the mode of the autopilot. The man escaped with minor injuries, but his car and the police car was hurt pretty badly.
The autopilot is a semi-Autonomous technology that, according to the manufacturer, is an enhanced form of cruise control. «We have repeatedly reiterated that the autopilot does not protect the car from any accidents,» said the company. Also, the Tesla representatives noted that so far can not confirm whether the driver turned on the autopilot.
Although the CEO of the company Elon Musk has repeatedly claimed that his cars are the safest in the world, with the beginning of 2018, there are already several accidents with their participation.
So, in mid-may, the National Directorate of road safety (U. S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — NHTSA) announced the launch of the accident investigation in Utah. There is a Tesla crashed into a fire truckstanding at the intersection waiting for the green signal of the traffic light. According to police in Utah, it was found that the autopilot was turned on for a minute and 22 seconds before the crash. And in March in California, Tesla X on autopilot crashed into the barrier on the highway.
