Autonomous Vehicle News
Tesla drivers abusing Autopilot and the company’s “full self-driving” tech have almost become a meme at this point, but there are very real consequences when things go wrong. A California man was behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S in 2019 when it collided with another car, killing the two people inside. The Tesla was using Autopilot at the time, and the driver recently pleaded no contest to two counts of vehicular manslaughter. Riad and his Tesla ran a red light before slamming into the other car at 74 mph. This is believed to be the first felony prosecution against someone using partially autonomous driving technology.