Updated: 9:26 AM PDT May 12, 2021 A motorist was arrested after an officer observed him in the backseat of a Tesla traveling on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.Param Sharma, 25, was arrested for alleged reckless driving and disobeying a peace officer, the highway patrol said in a statement Tuesday.Multiple 911 calls Monday evening reported a person seated in the backseat of a Tesla Model 3 without anyone in the driver s seat while the vehicle traveled on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.A highway patrol motorcycle officer spotted the Tesla, confirmed the solo occupant was in the backseat, took action to stop the car and saw the occupant move to the driver s seat before the car stopped, said the statement from the highway patrol, known as CHP. Prior to this arrest, members of the public had captured video of someone resembling Sharma operating his vehicle in the same reckless manner, and the CHP s Oakland Area ha
OAKLAND, Calif. â An Indian American motorist was arrested, and later released, after an officer observed him in the backseat of a Tesla traveling on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.
Param Sharma, 25, was arrested for alleged reckless driving and disobeying a peace officer, the highway patrol said in a statement May 11.
Multiple 911 calls on May 10 evening reported a person seated in the backseat of a Tesla Model 3 without anyone in the driverâs seat while the vehicle traveled on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
A highway patrol motorcycle officer spotted the Tesla, confirmed the solo occupant was in the backseat, took action to stop the car and saw the occupant move to the driverâs seat before the car stopped, said the statement from the highway patrol, known as CHP.
A motorist was arrested after an officer observed him in the back seat of a Tesla travelling on a San Francisco Bay Area freeway, the California Highway Patrol said. Param Sharma, 25, was arrested for alleged reckless driving and disobeying a peace officer, the highway patrol said in a statement Tuesday. Multiple 911 calls Monday evening reported a person seated in the back seat of a Tesla Model 3 without anyone in the driver’s seat while the vehicle travelled on Interstate 80 across the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. A highway patrol motorcycle officer spotted the Tesla, confirmed the solo occupant was in the back seat, took action to stop the car and saw the occupant move to the driver s seat before the car stopped, said the statement from the highway patrol, known as CHP.
/PRNewswire/ With traffic on Bay Area freeways rising as the COVID-19 pandemic eases its grip on the region, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Tesla passenger arrested after riding with no one at the wheel, police say
Param Sharma, 25, arrested for alleged reckless driving and disobeying peace officer
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OAKLAND, Calif. – Federal safety regulators are sending a team to California to investigate a fatal freeway crash involving a Tesla, just after authorities near Oakland arrested a man in another Tesla rolling down a freeway with no one behind the steering wheel.