House Democrat Urges US Action over Sleeping Tesla Drivers
Krishnamoorthi wants NHTSA to say whether Tesla’s cabin camera and driver-monitoring system can stop misuse of FSD, as 43 videos showed sleeping drivers.
- On Thursday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi demanded Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy address Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving system misuse, citing NBC News videos showing drivers asleep behind the wheel.
- This request follows an ongoing National Highway Traffic Safety Administration engineering analysis, EA26002, which covers roughly 3.2 million Tesla vehicles equipped with FSD and examines whether safeguards effectively ensure driver engagement.
- An NBC News investigation identified 43 videos of sleeping drivers, including 17 posted this year. Krishnamoorthi flagged Tesla's "Drowsiness detected. Stay focused with FSD" prompt, arguing it encourages reliance on systems requiring human supervision.
- Congressman Krishnamoorthi gave Duffy until September 30 to explain how the Department of Transportation will ensure manufacturers implement adequate safeguards to prevent foreseeable misuse of systems that still require full driver attention.
- Regulators currently manage six probes into Tesla's technology. The congressman asserts that regulators must ensure manufacturers have safeguards to prevent dangerous reliance on driver-assistance systems that remain non-autonomous.
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WTVBHouse Democrat urges US action over sleeping Tesla drivers
WASHINGTON, Sept 10 : A Democratic lawmaker called on a U.S. auto safety agency on Thursday to take action to address misuse of Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, citing dozens of videos that appear to show drivers asleep or disengaged from driving.In a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary
Congressman presses DOT on Tesla FSD after 43 sleeping-driver videos
A US congressman is demanding the Department of Transportation explain what it’s doing about Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving after an NBC News investigation surfaced dozens of videos of drivers apparently asleep at the wheel. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi gave Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy until September 30 to answer five questions about the systems, which Tesla itself says “require active driver supervision and are not autonomous driv…
Sleeping driver in a Tesla A U.S. congressman demands explanations from the NHTSA after a report identified 43 videos of Tesla drivers apparently asleep or misunderstood from driving. Seventeen cases correspond to 2026 and put the driver's watch back under the magnifying glass.A Tesla advances along the road while the person at the wheel seems to be completely asleep.The scene is not exactly new: Motor.es already spoke of the case of a driver ap…
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