The safety board said the 2014 Model S autopilot system was engaged continuously for the final 13 minutes and 48 seconds of the trip before the vehicle struck a fire truck.
This is one of a series of crashes the board is investigating involving Tesla's driver assistance system.
The 2014 Model S Autopilot system was engaged continuously for the final 13 minutes and 48 seconds of the trip before the vehicle struck a fire truck parked on Interstate-405 in January 2018, the NTSB safety board said in documents posted on Tuesday. "I was having a coffee and a bagel. And all I remember, that truck, and then I just saw the boom in my face and that was it," the man behind the wheel told the NTSB.
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