People are 'over-trusting' self-driving technology and getting injured or killed, warns researcher
on the George Mason University website, Cummings said she was not"anti-Tesla," but would call out"bad tech that is really dangerous," adding:"The problem is, do not drive your Teslas on Autopilot without paying full and absolute attention and keeping your hands on the wheel."
The NHTSA opened an investigation in August 2021 into a dozen incidents where Teslas that had Autopilot or Cruise Control turned on had collided with stationary emergency vehicles. A report released in June last year by the road-safety agency found that drivers usingCummings was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots. She told Bloomberg in 2021 that automation was commonplace in aviation but was"new learning for the automotive world.
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