Tesla in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist was using self-driving system, authorities say

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Tesla in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist was using self-driving system, authorities say
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Investigators from the Washington State Patrol made the discovery after downloading information from the event-data recorder on the 2022 Tesla Model S, agency spokesman Capt. Deion Glover said Tuesday.The Snohomish County Prosecutor will determine if any charges are filed in the case, he said.

“The next thing he knew there was a bang and the vehicle lurched forward as it accelerated and collided with the motorcycle in front of him,” the trooper wrote in a probable-cause document.Tesla CEO Elon Musk said last week that “Full Self Driving” should be able to run without human supervision by the end of this year.

Tesla says at present neither system can drive itself and that human drivers must be ready to take control at any time. Musk said last week that he did not think approval by government regulators would be a limiting factor in deploying robotaxis. “If you’ve got billions of miles that show that in the future, unsupervised FSD is safer than humans, what regulator could really stand in the way of that?” he asked.

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