Accident joins a series that was already under investigation
The collision happened after a Florida Highway Patrol agent ( FHP) having stopped his car on the highway to help the driver of a battered Mercedes SUV. When the policeman was already out of the patrol car, a Tesla Model 3 that was coming in the Autopilot collided with the FHP Dodge and the Mercedes.
The cause of the accident was under the scope of the authorities’ investigation, while the descriptions of what happened by FHP itself refer from the outset that the collision happened with Tesla in Autopilot, the agent having luckily escaped the Model 3 collision.
Happening now: Orange County. Trooper stopped to help a disabled driver on I-4. When Tesla driving on “auto” mode struck the patrol car. Trooper was outside the car and extremely lucky to have not been struck. #moveover. WB lanes of I-4 remain block as scene is being cleared. pic.twitter.com/w9N7cE4bAR
— FHP Orlando (@FHPOrlando) August 28, 2021
As referred to in «Fox 35 orlando», Tesla does not slow down or change lanes in the presence of the patrol car and the authorities confirm that the accidents with Tesla that are in Autopilot and do not deviate from Police cars that are stopped or with the emergency lights on.
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The «WFTV Channel 9» of «ABC» adds that the US road authority, NHTSA, had already opened an open on almost a dozen accidents with Tesla in Autopilot.
