Tesla on autopilot crashes into a patrol and nearly runs over a police officer in Florida

Florida. A Tesla car that was being driven on autopilot crashed into a Florida Highway Patrol vehicle on an interstate near downtown Orlando and was about to run over the officer, who had stopped to provide assistance to the driver of a decomposed vehicle.

A few weeks ago, the government of United States opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s partially autopilot system after a series of similar incidents with parked emergency vehicles.

The patrol officer was hit shortly before 5:00 a.m. Saturday morning had turned on its flashing lights and was walking toward the decomposed vehicle when the Tesla car crashed into the patrol’s left side and then crashed. against the other vehicle, the lieutenant said Kim Montes, Spokesman for the road patrol, in The Orlando Sentinel.

The report indicates that the 27-year-old man who was traveling in the Tesla car and the driver of the decomposed vehicle suffered minor injuries and the police officer escaped unharmed.

So far, Tesla has not responded to an email sent to its press address.

Tesla autopilot has often been misused by drivers who have been caught driving drunk or even consuming alcohol in the back seat while traveling on the road.

The electric vehicle manufacturer uses a camera-based system, a lot of computer power, and sometimes radar to detect obstacles, determine where they are, and then decide what the vehicles should do. However, investigators indicate that the system has presented problems with parked emergency vehicles and trucks perpendicular to its path.