Safety regulators announce special investigation into Tesla Autopilot system By JOHN ANTCZAK and TOM KRISHER Published Tesla backseat rider who was arrested for driverless car gets out of jail Out of jail, and unflinching in his attitudes about sitting in the backseat while his Tesla drives itself on autopilot, Param Sharma went home from Santa Rita Jail, after spending the night on two charges of reckless driving. Experts say both cases raise pressure on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to take action on Tesla's partially automated driving system called Autopilot, which has been involved in multiple crashes that have resulted in at least three U.S. deaths.