A witness who recorded the video said he called 911 after spotting the driver. Tesla has stressed autopilot is not fully autonomous, describing it as a 'driver assistance system.'
A Tesla driver appearing to be asleep behind the wheel in rush hour traffic in California has been caught on camera—the latest in a growing line of similar incidents., showed the Tesla Model 3 car traveling at the 405 and 5 Freeway interchange with the driver reclined without his or her hands on the wheel. The driver was allegedly still unresponsive while taking the 110 Freeway exit.
"Technology makes people lazy and stupid," one Facebook user wrote. Another commenter stated:"We have two irresponsible drivers, one is sleeping behind the wheel, the other [has a] phone in hand taking video of the other instead of paying attention to where they are going." Tesla cars have a feature called"autopilot"—but it is not advertised as being fully autonomous. Instead, it is described as an"advanced driver assistance system" intended for use by an attentive person who has hands on the wheel and is prepared to take control at any time.
The driver in the latest incident has not yet been identified, and it was not immediately clear if the local police department or California Highway Patrol intend to launch an investigation.while speeding along a California freeway at 75 mph."Dude is straight snoozing," commented Twitter user Seth Blake, whose finance recorded the 9-second clip that went viral online.
A California Highway Patrol spokesperson said at the time:"If you do see somebody using that feature in that capacity call 911...we will try and get an officer out there as quick as we can."on highway 101. The suspect was detained on suspicion of driving under the influence.
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