Watch shocking moment Self-driving Tesla stops abruptly on road leading to eight car pile-up
11 January 2023, 13:40
Shocking video footage has shown a Tesla Model S vehicle changing lanes and suddenly braking on the San Francisco Bay Bridge, causing an eight-car pile up and injuring a two-year-old child.
The crash, which took place on Thanksgiving Day in November last year, injured nine people - including a 2-year-old child - and caused traffic jams for over an hour.
Video footage, obtained by The Intercept via a California Public Records Act request, shows the driver using Tesla's latest 'full self-driving feature'.
A report on the incident notes the car's 'left signal and brakes activated' before moving into the far left lane on the bridge.
Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022
Congrats to Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone!
I obtained surveillance footage of the self-driving Tesla that abruptly stopped on the Bay Bridge, resulting in an eight-vehicle crash that injured 9 people including a 2 yr old child just hours after Musk announced the self-driving feature.
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 10, 2023
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Just hours before the eight-car smash, Tesla CEO Elon Musk congratulated his team for implementing the self-driving feature.
The Twitter CEO said: "Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming you have bought this option.
"Congrats to Tesla Autopilot/AI team on achieving a major milestone!"
By the end of 2022, Tesla said it had rolled out the self-driving feature to over 285,000 people across North America.
The federal agency has investigated 35 crashes involving Tesla cars where full self-driving or autopilot systems were "likely" in use, killing 19 people.
