Technical failure?

The lawsuit filed in Salt Lake City, USA, states that the driver of the Model 3 was overtired on that fateful day and relied on the controls of the Tesla vehicle The autopilot sensors such as cameras had detected the danger posed by the motorcycle The complaint goes on to say: “A reasonably prudent driver or an appropriate automated operating system could have slowed or stopped without colliding with the motorcycle.”

Dangerous accomplices?

According to Reuters, Tesla did not comment on the incident. Golem.com reports that Tesla has denied responsibility in such cases in the past, saying that despite automatic control, it is still necessary to monitor what is happening on the road. The lawsuit is now contributing to the fact that the Musk Group’s driver assistance systems, Autopilot and Full Self-Driving, are being increasingly scrutinized. The car manufacturer has repeatedly been criticized in the past. Another motorcyclist died in April 2024 due to a crash with a Tesla Model Sdriving in “Full Self-Driving” mode. That same month, Tesla settled a lawsuit over a fatal 2018 accident in which an Apple engineer died after his car, which was driving with Autopilot, Model X had veered off a highway near San Francisco.