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Motorcycle Racing => Motorcycle Talk => Topic started by: old.racer on September 08, 2022, 07:04:22 AM

Title: Tesla crashes killed 2 motorcyclists in July
Post by: old.racer on September 08, 2022, 07:04:22 AM
Full story at  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-crashes-killed-2-motorcyclists-autopilot-nhtsa/

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QuoteThe first crash involving a motorcyclist happened at 4:47 a.m. July 7 on State Route 91, a freeway in Riverside, California. A white Tesla Model Y SUV was traveling east in the high occupancy vehicle lane. Ahead of it was a rider on a green Yamaha V-Star motorcycle, the California Highway Patrol said in a statement.
At some point, the vehicles collided, and the unidentified motorcyclist was ejected from the Yamaha. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fire Department.

Whether or not the Tesla was operating on Autopilot remains under investigation, a CHP spokesman said.
The second crash happened about 1:09 a.m. July 24 on Interstate 15 near Draper, Utah. A Tesla Model 3 sedan was behind a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, also in an HOV lane. "The driver of the Tesla did not see the motorcyclist and collided with the back of the motorcycle, which threw the rider from the bike," the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a prepared statement.
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Title: Tesla cars involved in 16 crashes with emergency vehicles
Post by: Biketographer on September 08, 2022, 03:41:50 PM
QuoteA U.S. investigation into Tesla vehicles operating on partially automated driving systems that have crashed into parked emergency vehicles has moved a step closer to a recall.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday that it is upgrading the probe to an engineering analysis, another sign of increased scrutiny of the electric vehicle maker and automated systems that perform at least some driving tasks. An engineering analysis is the final stage of an investigation, and in most cases NHTSA decides within a year if there should be a recall or the probe should be closed.


read the full article: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-cars-crashes-emergency-vehicles/