Tesla Driver Called 9-11 After Running Down Motorcyclist While Browsing Phone on Full Self-Driving Mode
Distracted Self-Driving A Tesla driver crashed into a motorcycle outside of Seattle last year, pinning him underneath the car, and eventually running him over. The 28-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. Extracted data from the crash obtained by NPR through a public records request, paint a damning picture of the events leading up to the fatal collision. "I'm the driver," Scott Hunter, the 56-year-old owner of the Tesla Model S, told dispatchers. "I'm not sure how it happened, but I am freaking out. So please get here." As it turns out, Hunter had Tesla's misleadingly called "Full Self-Driving" […]
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