According to reports, US police revealed that a man driving a Tesla stopped in the middle of I-70 in Independence, Missouri, on Sunday night, causing two cars to collide. Tesla owners also lost their lives. Police are not yet sure what caused the vehicle to stop in the middle lane.
Local police identified the driver of the 2019 Tesla Model 3 as 74-year-old Terry L. Siegel. Passengers in Siegel’s vehicle were taken to a local hospital for treatment, while passengers in the other two vehicles were not injured, the department said on Facebook.
Police spokesman Jack Taylor (Jack Taylor) told the media that at first, police speculated that the vehicle was parked in the middle of the road due to a mechanical problem that caused the vehicle to lose power, but officials later said they could not determine what caused the vehicle to stop at this time. . Investigators plan to extract data from Tesla’s computers in the coming days to better understand what happened, Taylor said.
A spokesman for the National Transportation Safety Board (NHTSA), which investigates traffic accidents, told the media that the agency has reached out to the local police department to gather more information about the incident, but they have not yet responded to the incident. Investigate. In a statement to Fox4 TV in Kansas City, the agency called the crash “unusual and very unique.”
Last month, the NHTSA launched an initial investigation into Tesla after hundreds of owners reported that their vehicles sometimes applied automatic braking for no apparent reason. The agency said the incidents, known as “ghost braking,” sometimes occurred on highways.
When the vehicle’s Autopilot driving assistance function is activated, the vehicle may suddenly start to brake. Autopilot can realize automatic braking, steering and acceleration operations to help the vehicle achieve a certain degree of semi-autonomous driving on the highway. The agency is currently investigating Model Y and Model 3 production in 2021 and 2022. Some owners of 2019 and 2020 vehicles have also complained to NHTSA about issues with the Ghost brakes.
The problem appears to stem from an issue with Tesla’s automatic emergency braking system, which is available on most new cars and activates the brakes when sensors indicate an imminent collision. According to owner reports, Tesla sometimes identifies oncoming vehicles, shadows, and passing vehicles as dangerous obstacles to avoid.