In recent years, the scientific and technological wind of autonomous driving has blown to the automotive market around the world, and major car companies have also invested in manpower logistics in this field of in-depth research, and in recent years, it has also made great progress, and the intelligent driving assistance has changed from the L2 level to the L4 level. Therefore, the topic of automatic driving is also one of the most important focuses of everyone, especially tesla-related autopilot technology.
Solar electric vehicle network news, recently there are overseas media reports, a Tesla owner in the United States used an L2 level assisted driving system, causing a traffic accident in which 2 people died on the spot, and was accused of "manslaughter" caused a hot discussion! What the hell is going on? Let's take a look at the ins and outs of this.
It is reported that this incident occurred on December 29, 2019, a man named Kevin. George. Aziz. Kevin George Aziz Riad's driver was driving a Tesla Model S electric car on the outskirts of Los Angeles when he ran a red light and crashed into a Honda Civic sedan, killing two passengers in the Honda Civic, after which their families filed criminal charges against Tesla and the driver Riad.
According to the Associated Press reported on January 18 local time, California prosecutors have filed a charge of "manslaughter" against the Tesla Model S driver Riad of this accident, because when the traffic accident occurred, the Tesla Model S electric car driven by Riad was using the auxiliary driving function and led to a serious traffic accident in which 2 people died, but because the driver needs to always be responsible for driving, whether the assisted driving system is turned on or not, all need to be responsible for this traffic accident. But the driver said he did not plead guilty and that a hearing on the case will be held on February 23, 2022.
The use of assisted driving systems to cause fatalities was charged with manslaughter, the first in the United States. Some critics say Autopilot driver assistance is too easy to abuse, and also say that Tesla's promotion of Autopilot and FSD is misleading and exaggerates its self-driving capabilities.
According to statistics, about 760,000 Tesla electric vehicles in the United States are equipped with assisted driving systems. As Tesla's ownership continues to grow, autopilot accidents are also frequent, which has also attracted the attention of US regulatory authorities.
As the first special case in the United States, whether the defendant and his lawyer will defend themselves with Tesla's Autopilot system will be one of the biggest highlights in this case. As for whether Tesla is responsible for the accident, some analysts said tesla could face criminal, civil or moral liability if it is found to have applied dangerous technology to U.S. roads.
Tesla CEO Musk has also said that the current "automatic driving assisted driving system" on Tesla electric vehicles is not "completely automatic driving", requiring users to maintain concentrated attention in the process of using this function, and to control the steering wheel at any time to avoid traffic accidents.
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