A Tesla was in its self-driving mode when it crashed into a parked patrol vehicle responding to a fatal crash in Orange County Thursday morning, police said.
The officer was on traffic control duty blocking Orangethorpe Avenue in Fullerton for an investigation into a suspected DUI crash that left a motorcyclist dead around 9 p.m. Wednesday when his vehicle was struck.
A Fullerton Police Department spokesperson said the officer was standing outside his vehicle around midnight when he saw a Tesla driving in his direction and not slowing down.
It really doesn’t help that the media isn’t putting “Self-Driving” Mode in quotes since it isn’t fucking self-driving.
It is though: self driving into objects
“We never said it was good self-driving.”
It’s “self-driving”, not “self-stopping”. Luckily the police were able to assist with cruiser-based rapid deceleration.
It’s self-driving, not self-driving-well.