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The U.S. government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday with the company reporting four crashes after Teslas entered areas of low visibility, including sun glare, fog and airborne dust.

In addition to the pedestrian’s death, another crash involved an injury, the agency said.

Investigators will look into the ability of “Full Self-Driving” to “detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions, and if so, the contributing circumstances for these crashes.”

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[-] JIMMERZ@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

The worst way to die would be getting hit by a shitbox Tesla. RIP.

[-] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean I'll take it over being burned alive or brutally eaten alive by a pack of ravenous wolves.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I'll take the wolves

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Neither of those are necessarily quicker or less painful than getting hit by the car.

[-] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 4 points 2 months ago

For some real fun, try for all three at once!

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Thats just a south park skit.

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