A number of collisions involving Tesla vehicles utilizing various driver assistance systems, including collisions with emergency vehicles at the scene of prior incidents, are being looked into by the NHTSA and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Tesla recalled all 2 million of its vehicles in the US in the wake of the December NHTSA study, increasing alerts for drivers who are using Autopilot and not looking ahead or putting their hands on the wheel.
However, the business insists that when utilized properly, the technology is safe and lowers the number of fatalities. When using Autopilot, drivers must maintain their hands on the wheel, and according to Tesla, they should focus their attention on the road.
Tesla has stated that it was not the case in Huang’s crash. Tesla stated in a blog post dated March 30, 2018, that Huang’s hands were not visible on the steering wheel of his vehicle for six seconds before the collision.
Because investigators discovered Huang was using his phone to play a video game while Autopilot was active, the company stated that it believes Huang was to blame for the crash. Before it crashed, Huang did not apply the brakes or try to guide his automobile away from the concrete barrier.
Huang’s family concedes that he was inattentive while operating the vehicle, but they maintain that Tesla is to blame for misrepresenting Autopilot as self-driving software. They claimed Tesla was aware that Autopilot lacked stability and had other issues that may have made using it dangerous.
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