The U.S. government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

The U.S. government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday with the company reporting four crashes after Teslas entered areas of low visibility, including sun glare, fog and airborne dust.

In addition to the pedestrian’s death, another crash involved an injury, the agency said.

Investigators will look into the ability of “Full Self-Driving” to “detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions, and if so, the contributing circumstances for these crashes.”

  • @finitebanjoEnglish
    34•2 months ago

    Really fucking stupid that we as a society intentionally choose to fuck around and find out rather than find out before we fuck around.

    • @raspberriesareyummyEnglish
      2•2 months ago

      You got one part wrong. The people fucking around aren’t the ones having to do the “finding out” part.

      • @finitebanjoEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        By refusing to vote in competent regulatory bodies, the ones finding out are a part of the problem with the societal ails. I don’t want specific people punished with prejudice, I want a rule of law that holds all people accountable as equals and averts all harm before it can happen.

          • @finitebanjoEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            I am speaking about societal problems in context of society as a whole, as I have been the entire time.