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A driver using Tesla Autopilot improperly was caught on camera by another driver, leading to his arrest:
A driver who moved into the passenger seat after putting his electric car into autopilot while at 40mph on a motorway has been banned from driving.
Bhavesh Patel, 39, of Alfreton Road, Nottingham, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at St Albans Crown Court. A witness in another car filmed him sitting in the passenger seat of his Tesla S 60 on the M1 between junctions 8 and 9 near Hemel Hempstead.
Patel said he was the "unlucky one who got caught", the court was told.
The footage was posted on social media before it was reported to the police.
Also at The Guardian.
As well as the 18-month driving ban he was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. He was also put on a 10-day rehabilitation programme and will have to pay £1,800 in costs.
[...] Road investigators were told by Tesla engineers that the autopilot function, including traffic-aware cruise control and auto-steer, was only intended to assist a "fully attentive driver".
(Score: 3, Informative) by takyon on Sunday April 29 2018, @11:28PM (1 child)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_car#Levels_of_driving_automation [wikipedia.org]
There are different levels of automation. Automatic brakes, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping, etc. are features found in not-yet-fully-autonomous cars. The problem is that if the drivers think they can get away with "hands off, mind off" with something that is not fully autonomous, like Tesla, you get issues like this.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Nuke on Monday April 30 2018, @08:44AM
This incident demonstrates that automation with regard to controlling the car on the road should be 100% or nothing. There are always going to be idiots like this one who rely on automation too much.