Story at a glance
- A Tesla on autopilot hit a Florida Highway Patrol car on Saturday morning.
- The trooper was parked on the side of Interstate 4 helping a disabled vehicle and passenger at about 5 a.m. when the Tesla collided with the trooper’s cruiser.
- The man in the Tesla and the driver of the disabled vehicle suffered minor injuries, while the trooper was uninjured.
A Tesla on autopilot hit a Florida Highway Patrol car on Saturday morning.
The trooper was parked on the side of Interstate 4 helping a disabled vehicle and passenger at about 5 a.m. when the Tesla, on autopilot with a 27-year-old man inside, hit the trooper’s cruiser and then the disabled vehicle, according to a report by The Orlando Sentinel. The man in the Tesla and the driver of the disabled vehicle suffered minor injuries, while the trooper was uninjured.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation into Tesla’s autopilot crashes earlier this month, specifically citing 11 crashes in which the Tesla’s autopilot or traffic aware cruise control had been confirmed to have been in use prior to the crash. The crashes were reported to have resulted in 17 injuries and one death.
On Aug. 23, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted about aiming to improve the autopilot function, which is not a fully autonomous feature, writing, “FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great [in my opinion], but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible. We’re trying to have a single stack for both highway & city streets, but it requires massive NN retraining.”
FSD Beta 9.2 is actually not great imo, but Autopilot/AI team is rallying to improve as fast as possible.
We’re trying to have a single stack for both highway & city streets, but it requires massive NN retraining.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 23, 2021
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