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. DRAMMEN: It was on July 27 this year that three cars and a motorcycle was involved in a serious traffic accident on Highway Bridge.
According to police, the accident happened when a Tesla on autopilot failed to stop in time. We know that the driver had it on, but it was not so the car drove alone. The warning devices alerted little too late, unfortunately, says Jarl Hågensen, investigator in South-Eastern Police District to E24. It was the first publicized case.
The young female motorcycle driver was thrown over the median and landed in the oncoming lane.
The driver was sentenced to jail for 18 days. He also loses the patch for five months.
"It is worrying if Tesla's autopilot is unable to detect a motorcycle, but it is even more worrying if the driver has been duped into believing that something that really is a driver support system is an autopilot that makes it possible to cross your arms and no longer cause your car, "the letter to Solvik-Olsen.
Motorcycle Federation also asked Musk to stop marketing the car with autopilot.
. Two killed in fiery Tesla crash north of Indianapolis downtown at the intersection of 16th and Illinois Streets
Two people were killed in a fiery electric-car crash that left Tesla in pieces strewn over 150 yards near Downtown early Thursday.
The woman driving the Tesla died at the scene. A man in the passenger seat was taken to Eskenazi Hospital, where he died.
A witness said the car was speeding when it lost control at the intersection, crashed into a tree, and caught on fire. "It hit that tree and it bounced around, and all of a sudden it just exploded, and I had to accelerate my vehicle because all the car parts went up in the air and I had to accelerate just to get away from it," the eyewitness said.
. Tesla Drivers In Germany Receive Autopilot Warning Letter From Government
The Federal Motor Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt KBA) told Tesla owners in a letter that the Autopilot function is purely a driver assistance system and not a highly-automated vehicle that can be operated without the driver's constant attention.
. A red Model S hit a roadside lamp pole and then a parked bus.
Witnesses at the scene, quoted by local media, say the driver of the Tesla lost control of the vehicle while he was making a u-turn. The Tesla hit the lamp post at high speed, first up front and then with the right side, and then hit the bus at a relative low speed.
. Another Tesla Crash, What It Teaches Us Junko Yoshida, Chief International Correspondent 11/11/2016 09:30 AM EST
Tesla crashed on a test drive while AutoPilot engaged. Nobody got hurt. But the minor incident gives us a plenty to think about.
The user’s post on the web site’s forum read:
"I was on the last day of my 7-day deposit period. I was really excited about the car. So I took my friend to a local Tesla store and we went for a drive.
AP [AutoPilot] was engaged. As we went up a hill, the car was NOT slowing down approaching a red light at 50 mph. The salesperson suggested that my friend not brake, letting the system do the work. It didn't. The car in front of us had come to a complete stop. The salesperson then said, "brake!" Full braking didn't stop the car in time and we rear-ended the car in front of us HARD. All airbags deployed. The car was totaled. I have heard from a number of AP owners that there are limitations to the system (of course) but, wow! The purpose of this post isn't to assign blame, but I mention this for the obvious reason that AP isn't autonomous and it makes sense to have new drivers use this system in very restricted circumstances before activating it in a busy urban area."
. Bestuurder Tesla knalt vol op pijlwagen op A10 - zondag 13 november 2016 | 22:11
A driver of a Tesla fails to notice at night on the A10 a car arrow trailer on the head. Aftercare of accident caused a lot of congestion on the ring East.
The accident occurred at the height of the exit IJburg/Amsterdam. According to witnesses, the driver braked slightly off the impact, police wrote in a Facebook message.
Both the car and the arrow trailer is total loss. The clean-up and closure of the Zeeburgertunnel caused a huge traffic jam between RAI exit and IJburg. How it is with the driver, is unclear.
. A driver of a Tesla fails to notice at 8 o'clock in the evening an engineering vehicle in the North Lantau Highway Hong Kong to the direction of the Kowloon Express line for road works.
A Tesla electric car sailed to the driver suspected not to pay attention to. The front of serious damage, Huangru scrap metal. Two men on Tesla were injured and climbed out of the car and escorted by ambulance to North Lantau Hospital.
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