Win for autopilot? Go Tesla!

62-year-old Frank Baressi was driving the tractor-trailer with which the Model S in question collided. The Model S was traveling down a highway with Autopilot engaged when Baressi's truck pulled across the roadway from a perpendicular street to make a turn in the opposite direction. Neither the Tesla driver nor Autopilot detected the truck, and the Model S drove underneath the trailer while colliding at windshield height.

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/man-died...pilot-allegedly-watching-131444591.html?nhp=1
 
Here's a video of him boasting about the technology:


For the record Tesla doesn't advise taking your hands off the wheel while using it.
 
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