Traffic & Transit
Bay Bridge Crash Video Shows Self-Driving Tesla Change Lanes, Brake
Hours before the Thanksgiving Day crash, Elon Musk tweeted about Tesla's "full self-driving" capability.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An eight-vehicle crash on the Bay Bridge on Thanksgiving Day injured nine people, including a 2-year-old child, and caused a major traffic backup.
New traffic camera video obtained through an open records request by The Intercept shows a Tesla switch on its left turn signal, change lanes in front of another vehicle, and brake. Ten seconds later the carnage was done. The driver told investigators that the car was in full self-driving mode, something that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had touted in a tweet just hours earlier.
Video and new photographs obtained by The Intercept provide the first direct look at what happened when a Tesla caused an eight-car pileup on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. https://t.co/YtBRAoGirx
— The Intercept (@theintercept) January 12, 2023
According to the report, more than 285,000 vehicles were using the "full self-driving" feature by the end of last year.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating multiple reports of Teslas suddenly braking.
Read the full report at The Intercept.
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