Tech News
← Home  ·  All topics

California Highway Patrol

2 GoKawiil briefs on this topic

Tesla on Full Self-Driving hits parked CHP cruiser as driver sleeps, injuring two officers

California Highway Patrol says a Tesla operating in Full Self-Driving mode struck a patrol car on Interstate 80 on October 13 while officers investigated a fatal crash, despite flares, cones and flashing lights marking the closed lanes. The impact pushed the cruiser into another emergency vehicle, hospitalizing both officers with serious injuries; the 22-year-old driver, who told police he had fallen asleep, suffered minor injuries.

Sleeping Tesla driver using FSD crashes into California Highway Patrol cars

A Tesla driver told California Highway Patrol he was asleep while using the vehicle's Full Self-Driving mode when his car sped past emergency flares, cones, and lights before slamming into a parked patrol vehicle. Two officers at the scene were seriously injured and hospitalized, according to CHP, which released video of the crash.