Tesla agrees to stop letting drivers play video games in moving cars after probe

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NEW YORK - Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens while the vehicles are in motion, a federal safety regul

ator said on Thursday .opened a formal investigation of the game feature,The investigation was announced after The New York Times reported this month on the potential safety risks the games posed.

Safety experts had criticised Tesla for allowing the games to be accessible while cars were in motion. While the video game feature is not directly linked to the Autopilot issues, the safety agency on Wednesday suggested it was worried that Tesla drivers could play games while using Autopilot, in the mistaken belief that the car was driving itself and that they need not pay attention to the road.

But this summer, it remotely updated the software of its cars to make available three games that could be played on the large touch screens mounted in the centre of Teslas. The games were Solitaire; a jet fighter game, Sky Force Reloaded; and a conquest strategy game, the Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise.

 

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