Driver Charged Over 2019 Fatal Crash Involving Tesla with AutoPilot Engaged
Semi-autonomous driving systems are coming, in fact they’re here – but they’re not universally accepted. Some see them as the eighth wonder of the world and the way of the future, while others decry them as the worst invention the automotive world ever didn’t need.
According to the Washington Post, the accused driver is the first in the United States to be charged with a felony over a fatal crash while using a semi-autonomous driving system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed to the newspaper that the system was in use at the time of the collision. The defendant has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
At stake in this case is not the validity of Tesla’s autonomous driving system in particular, but rather its use by the vehicle's operator. That is what the court will look into and what the accused driver will be tried for. The vehicle involved n the collision was a Model S and the system it was using the AutoPilot offered by the company.
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