Driver to stand trial for crash that killed 2 in Gardena be aware of using autopilot
Tesla operating on autopilot is going to stand trial which happened two and half years ago, in Gardena, the driver ran a red light and crashed into a vehicle, killing two people. And this week a Judge said the driver should stand trial This is the first felony prosecution in the US against a driver using a partially automatic driving system. Drivers cannot legally depend on technology to control their vehicles. The person behind Tesla Model S. Kevin Reyad (27) must stand trial according to the judge there is enough evidence for two counts of vehicular manslaughter. Prosecutors said the auto steer and cruise control were active and the sensors indicated that the driver had this hand on the steering wheel no breaks were applied before the crash. Tesla said the autopilot and the full self-driving system cannot drive themselves and drivers must pay attention and must be ready to react. Since 2016 Federal investigators have looked at 34 tesla crashes that may have been using the Tesla autopilot system.
The driver has pleaded not guilty. Police said the Tesla Model S left a freeway and ran a red light in Gardena and was doing 74 mph when it crashed into a Honda Civic at an intersection on December 29, 2019, killing Gilberto Alcazar Lopez 40 of Rancho Dominguez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, 39, of Lynwood, who were in the Civic and were on their first date that night.
How misunderstood is the technology.