The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board slammed Tesla for jeopardizing traffic safety by not taking adequate measures to prevent “foreseeable abuse” of Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist feature.
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board slammed Tesla and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for jeopardizing traffic safety by not taking adequate measures to prevent “foreseeable abuse” of Tesla’s Autopilot driver-assist feature.
“Government regulators have provided scant oversight” of Autopilot and self-drive systems from other manufacturers, Sumwalt said. He apparently was referring to the NHTSA, which, unlike the NTSB has enforcement power and can recall cars with defective automotive technology.In 2017, the NTSB recommended that automakers design driver-assist systems to prevent driver inattention and misuse.
Sumwalt also criticized drivers who use Autopilot as if it were a self-driving system. “You cannot buy a self-driving car today,” he said. “You don’t own a self-driving car so don’t pretend you do.” He warned drivers not to sleep, read, text, eat or otherwise do anything to take away attention from the task of driving while using a driver-assist system.
The NHTSA, an arm of the federal Department of Transportation, is probing at least 13 Autopilot-related crashes.Autopilot is an automated driver-assist feature sold as part of what Tesla calls a “Full Self Driving Capability” package for $7,000 that can speed up, brake and change lanes automatically, although the driver is supposed to pay attention.
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