According to a local report, a Tesla in Autopilot mode crashed into a Michigan state patrol car early Wednesday morning.
The car, driven by a 22-year-old man, hit the police vehicle in the Lansing area at approximately 1:10 a.m., while the trooper responded to another car hitting a deer, WLNS-TV reported.
No one was injured in the crash. The Tesla driver was given two quotes for driving with a suspended license and not moving.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent a team to Michigan to investigate.
It’s the second time in less than a week that a Tesla has crashed in the state. In the first incident in Detroit, authorities said it appears that the driver was not using the car’s autopilot mode, according to WDIV-TV.
Tesla has previously said that its autopilot and “fully self-driving” are driver assistance systems and that the driver must be ready to intervene at all times.
The company has been criticized by the National Transportation Safety Board for failing to adequately monitor drivers to make sure they are paying attention.
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