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4. NHTSA investigates Tesla crashes that killed 2 motorcyclists
Sat Aug 6, 2022, 12:45 AM
Aug 2022

In both cases, the cars drove into the motorcycles from behind at night



AP | Aug 5th 2022 @3:10PM

Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: The partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent investigation teams to two crashes last month in which Teslas collided with motorcycles on freeways in the darkness. Both were fatal.

The agency suspects that Tesla's partially automated driver-assist system was in use in each. The agency says that once it gathers more information, it may include the crashes in a broader probe of Teslas striking emergency vehicles parked along freeways. NHTSA also is investigating over 750 complaints that Teslas can brake for no reason.

The first crash involving a motorcyclist happened at 4:47 a.m. July 7 on State Route 91, a freeway in Riverside, California. A Tesla Model Y SUV was traveling east in the high occupancy vehicle lane. Ahead of it was a rider on a Yamaha V-Star motorcycle, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement...more
https://www.autoblog.com/2022/08/05/tesla-fatal-motorcycle-crashes/

“It's pretty clear to me, and it should be to a lot of Tesla owners by now, this stuff isn't working properly and it's not going to live up to the expectations, and it is putting innocent people in danger on the roads," Brooks said.


Yet the NTSB and NHTSA do nothing...Maybe fElon has pictures of the admins in Tijuana at a donkey bar
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