The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot assisted driving software.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot assisted driving software according to a posting on its website — an inflection point that could signal the introduction of self-driving regulations. Explosively, the investigation appears to center on a series of accidents in which Teslas have smashed into emergency response vehicles that were pulled over with sirens or flares. But whether the investigation will lead to any new laws is anything but a guarantee. The regulator will “assess the technologies and methods used to monitor, assist, and enforce the driver’s engagement with the dynamic driving task during Autopilot operation,” according to the filing.
