{"id":250791,"date":"2024-08-03T02:51:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T02:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/03\/tesla-sued-over-fatal-autopilot-crash\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:15","slug":"tesla-sued-over-fatal-autopilot-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/03\/tesla-sued-over-fatal-autopilot-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla sued over fatal Autopilot crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/tesla\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tesla;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> is facing yet more legal action over Autopilot after the parents of a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash involving a Model 3 sued the company. The plaintiffs, who also sued the driver of the Tesla, claimed that the car&#8217;s driver assistant tech and other safety measures are \u201cdefective and inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plaintiffs argued in the complaint, which was obtained by <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/08\/02\/tesla-sued-by-family-of-motorcyclist-killed-in-autopilot-crash.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reuters;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><em><\/em><\/a>, that Autopilot sensors and cameras \u201cshould have identified the hazard posed by&#8221; the motorcycle. Autopilot was engaged when the Model 3 struck the back of Landon Embry&#8217;s motorcycle at 75-80 miles per hour in Utah in 2022. Embry died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>His parents also claim the Model 3 driver was tired and that &#8220;a reasonably prudent driver, or adequate auto braking system, would have, and could have slowed or stopped without colliding with the motorcycle.&#8221; Tesla does not have a public relations department that can be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest in a long line of legal and regulatory issues that Tesla has contended with over the Autopilot and Full Self-Driving features. Just this week, Washington state investigators <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tesla-involved-in-fatal-washington-crash-was-using-self-driving-mode-170706606.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:determined;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><\/a> that a Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash with a motorcycle in April had Full Self-Driving engaged at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tesla-sued-over-fatal-autopilot-crash-164723952.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] is facing yet more legal action over Autopilot after the parents of a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash involving a Model 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}