Texas, United States.
Two people died in the accident of one this Saturday evening tesla vehicle driving without someone behind the wheel in the province Harris (Texas, USA), authorities reported.
One of the deceased was in the passenger seat and another in the rear seat and the authorities assured this Sunday that they “de 99.9% sure about what “no one was driving the vehicle at the moment of impact “.
The Tesla crashed into one tree in a bend a high speed in the county Harris, north of Houston, and firefighters needed four o’clock so to extinguish the fire.
Researchers are trying to determine whether they deployed the “airbags” and whether the vehicle had triggered driving assisted, a smart help system that Tesla is marketing “automatic pilot” o “Autopilot”.
Tesla asks its drivers to always be there driving on slopes take vehicle controlou are invited to the smart help systembecause it is safer than drive without.
The accident occurs when Tesla starts testing a system with some of its drivers “totally autonomous driving”, although it also requires the driver to keep his hands on the send always.
Some experts have criticized the company for using terms like “automatic pilotand give a false sense of it autonomy near the vehicle.
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The United States Highway Safety Agency (NHTSA) is studying the possibility of imposing regulations to ensure drivers’ attention behind the wheel as new driving automats are implemented in the automotive industry.
NHTSA is investigating more than twenty car accidents Tesla electric vehicles while using the system assisted driving.
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, has defended the safety record of its electric vehicles and this week assured that Driving Assistance enables a “10 times lower” chance of an accident. EFE