A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said. The officer was on traffic control duty…

A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said.

The officer was on traffic control duty blocking Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton for an investigation into a suspected DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle was struck.

A Fullerton Police Department spokesperson said the officer was standing outside his vehicle around midnight when he saw a Tesla driving in his direction and not slowing down.

  • Revan343@lemmy.ca
    144·
    5 months ago

    I mean, testing new technology wasn’t really the issue here, the name of Tesla’s ‘self driving’ mode is just a lie. This is an idiot driver who should have been paying attention and wasn’t.

    But we already knew he was an idiot, he did buy a Tesla.