https://www.marketwatch.com/story/suspected-drunken-driver-crashes-tesla-into-fire-engine-i-think-i-had-autopilot-on-2018-08-26 Suspected drunken driver crashes Tesla into fire engine: ‘I think I had Autopilot on’ Aug 26, 2018 Mike Murphy
[image / Bloomberg News https://ei.marketwatch.com/Multimedia/2018/08/26/Photos/ZH/MW-GO973_autopi_20180826202401_ZH.jpg?uuid=7f197268-a98f-11e8-924f-ac162d7bc1f7 A driver rides hands-free in a Tesla Model S vehicle equipped with Autopilot in 2016 share https://twitter.com/SJFirefighters/status/1033757992397631488 SanJoseFireFighters @SJFirefighters Watch out for Fire Vehicles: For the 2nd time in just a few months a parked #SJFD Fire Engine was working an emergency scene when struck from behind. Fortunately Firefighters escaped injury. 11:48 AM - Aug 26, 2018 · Livermore, CA ] Minor injuries from rear-ender at 65 mph; unclear if Autopilot was actually engaged A suspected drunken driver who thought his Tesla was on Autopilot crashed into a fire engine at about 65 mph early Saturday in San Jose, Calif. The California Highway Patrol said the car rear-ended a fire engine that had stopped on the far-right lane of heavily trafficked Highway 101 with its flashing lights on around 1 a.m. “I think I had Autopilot on,” the driver told officers, according to a statement from the CHP. Emergency responders could not immediately confirm whether the Autopilot feature was in fact engaged. A Tesla spokesperson said Sunday the electric-car company “has not yet received any data from the car, but we are working to establish the facts of the incident.” Tesla ... has, in the past, stressed that its Autopilot is not designed to prevent all collisions and that drivers “are responsible to keep their hands on the wheel and remain alert and present when using Autopilot.” The driver and a passenger suffered minor injuries. The driver was briefly hospitalized and then arrested for suspected drunken driving, the CHP said. The use of Tesla’s Autopilot has been investigated in a number of high-profile crashes in recent years. In May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened an investigation into a Tesla Model S sedan that was reportedly using Autopilot when it rear-ended a fire engine in South Jordan, Utah. Earlier this year, a Tesla Model X on Autpopilot crashed, killing the driver, on Highway 101 in Mountain View, Calif. [© marketwatch.com] Tesla driver arrested for drunk driving after blaming Autopilot ... - Electrek 2018/08/25 - A Tesla Model S crashed into yet another fire truck resulting in two injuries in ... Model S was on Autopilot”, but he was arrested under suspicion of drunk driving. ... We contacted Tesla about the situation and the company responded with ... https://electrek.co/2018/08/25/tesla-model-s-autopilot-crash-fire-truck-drunk/ Tesla driver arrested for drunk driving after blaming Autopilot for crashing into a fire truck Aug. 25th 2018 Fred Lambert [image https://i2.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/08/Screen-Shot-2018-08-25-at-8.18.15-PM-e1535242728815.jpg?resize=1500%2C0&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1 ] A Tesla Model S crashed into yet another fire truck resulting in two injuries in San Jose earlier today. The driver said that he “thought the Model S was on Autopilot”, but he was arrested under suspicion of drunk driving. I have to say “yet another fire truck” because it is the third accident involving Tesla vehicles reportedly on Autopilot and fire trucks this year alone. It happened in Culver City last January and again in San Jose a few months later. Now the San Jose Fire Fighters are complaining of another accident that happened early this morning. They reported on Twitter that a Tesla vehicle rear-ended one of their fire engines again: TESLA near miss! For the 2nd time in recent months SJ FF’s escaped serious injury as a @teslamotors “Zero Emissions” vehicle slammed into the back of a #SJFD FireEngine @ 70 MPH on Hwy 101 at 1am – Reportedly the vehicle was in auto mode but auto braking system was not engaged. pic.twitter.com/gDQzXrFZ5S — SanJoseFireFighters (@SJFirefighters) August 25, 2018 The media started reporting earlier today that Autopilot might be involved in the crash. We contacted Tesla about the situation and the company responded with the following statement: “Tesla has not yet received any data from the car, but we are working to establish the facts of the incident.” A few hours later, things got more complicated because the Tesla driver, 37-year-old Michael Tran of Monterey, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. NBC reported that the police report makes note that Tran blamed Autopilot when talking to the police officers: “Tran told officers “I think I had auto-pilot on,” but it was unclear whether the Tesla was in self-driving mode when it crashed into the firetruck. The collision sent Tran and his passenger, 26-year-old Yorleyda Londono of Monterey, to San Jose Region Medical Center with minor injuries.” Of course, Autopilot is not a “self-driving mode” as mentioned in the article. It is a driver assist system and drivers are always responsible for their vehicle when using the Autopilot’s features. Electrek’s Take It’s not the first time an allegedly drunk Tesla driver has tried to use the Autopilot card to get out of it. Earlier this year, a Tesla driver passed out allegedly drunk in his Model S and he told the police that the car was on Autopilot. To be honest, I find it hard to believe that these people don’t understand what Autopilot can do under its current form and really think that they could get in their car drunk because they had Autopilot. I think they are just doing everything they can to get out of a bad situation that they created themselves. That said, Tesla should still be interested in the data from this accident because even though Autopilot most likely had nothing to do with the cause, automatic emergency braking (AEB) should still have been a factor. According to the fire department, it didn’t activate, but it’s important to keep in mind that AEB sometimes activates to reduce the impact of the accident and not necessarily avoid it completely if it can’t. Though we don’t have enough information right now to know for sure what happened in this case. [© electrek.co] Tesla collides with fire truck in San Jose, leaving 2 hurt August 25, 2018 - Officials are investigating the cause of a crash involving a San Jose fire truck and a Tesla that left two people hurt ... https://abc7news.com/tesla-collides-with-fire-truck-in-san-jose;-2-hurt/4049807/ Tesla collides with fire truck in San Jose, leaving 2 hurt August 25, 2018 [video flash https://abc7news.com/video/embed/?pid=4049911 ] Officials are investigating the cause of a crash involving a San Jose fire truck and a Tesla that left two people hurt. Saturday, August 25, 2018 09:38AM SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Officials are investigating the cause of a crash involving a San Jose fire truck and a Tesla that left two people hurt. The crash happened around 1 a.m. on Southbound Highway 101 near Coyote Creek. Firefighters were responding to an accident when a black Tesla rear-ended one of the trucks. 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