Sleeping Driver Crashes Tesla Into Cop Car, Blames Autopilot Because Of Course

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No Tesla is really self-driving, moreover if Tesla calls its fancy cruise power "Autopilot" and its precocious driver-assistance system "Full Self-Driving." If you really could bargain a existent self-driving Tesla, nan institution wouldn't person to stick a quality successful nan driver's seat of its alleged robotaxis. Good luck explaining each of that to Tesla owners, though, since truthful galore person bought into Musk's deceptive claims and look to deliberation their cars really tin thrust themselves. Which is really we ended up pinch different sleeping driver hitting a bull car and trying to blasted Autopilot, the Drive reports.

The clang took spot earlier this month, connected October 15, successful South Barrington, Illinois, erstwhile nan Tesla driver rear-ended a South Barrington constabulary cruiser. The station doesn't see a photograph of nan Tesla, but ultimately, it doesn't matter. Whether you thrust a brand-new Cybertruck aliases an original Roadster, you're nan driver, and you're responsible for your car while it's connected nan road. If you crash, it's your fault. If it hits anything, it's your fault. Because nary Tesla is really self-driving. And if you autumn dormant down nan instrumentality and clang into a bull car, you're nan 1 who is going to person to woody pinch nan consequences, not Tesla.

Thankfully, nary 1 was earnestly injured successful nan crash, and nan station doesn't mention anyone being taken to nan infirmary to beryllium evaluated. That said, nan full rear extremity of nan cop's Ford Explorer is intelligibly destroyed. It's besides imaginable nan unit from nan clang pushed nan cruiser into different conveyance aliases object, since you tin spot nan hood is up.

Thankfully, nan South Barrington Police Department refused to judge "the car was driving itself" arsenic an excuse for falling dormant and rear-ending a constabulary cruiser. According to nan Facebook station above, aft admitting to falling dormant down nan instrumentality anterior to nan crash, they were "subsequently arrested and charged pinch respective violations by nan Barrington Hills Police Department, who is handling nan investigation." Good. 

The SBPD besides took nan opportunity to punctual drivers that they're nan ones successful complaint of keeping nan multi-ton artifact of alloy they ain from hurting anyone else, saying:

The South Barrington Police Department would for illustration to punctual each motorists that while nan usage of conveyance automation systems specified arsenic autopilot is not illegal, drivers are still required to stay alert and attentive astatine each times. Vehicle exertion tin assistance drivers, but it does not switch nan request for quality attraction and judgement down nan wheel.

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The South Barrington Police Department urges each drivers to enactment focused, debar distractions, and support power of their vehicles to thief support our roads safe for everyone.

It's besides important to statement that we don't really cognize if nan driver had Autopilot progressive astatine nan time, whether they meant Full Self-Driving aliases whether claiming nan car was connected Autopilot was simply a convenient dishonesty they told successful an effort to debar getting successful problem for falling dormant down nan instrumentality and rear-ending a cop. Maybe nan communicative they told nan constabulary was accurate. Maybe it wasn't. Either way, though, they should person paid amended attraction to nan road, and if they were excessively tired to thrust safely, they shouldn't person been driving successful nan first place.