Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, this man you see here is now dead after a first of its kind car accident. His tesla was on autopilot when it slammed into a tractortrailer. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. An im larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. Federal authorities are launching an investigation as the crash raises questions about the safety of those selfdriving cars. Cornell bernard is live in berkeley. Cornell . Reporter the selfdriving cars slowly becoming the new reality out here on the road. But one mans death raising new questions about the technology. This was joshua brown driving his tesla that he nicknamed tessie. He is the first known u. S. Fatality while using selfdriving technology. Tesla ceo elon musk tweeted his condolences to the model s owner. He calls brown a friend to tesla. He was known for posting videos of his car driving on autopilot, like this one, where it narrowly avoided crashing into another
Because even one attack is one too many. Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, this man you see here is now dead after a first of its kind car accident. His tesla was on autopilot when it slammed into a tractortrailer. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. An im larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. Federal authorities are launching an investigation as the crash raises questions about the safety of those selfdriving cars. Cornell bernard is live in berkeley. Cornell . Reporter the selfdriving cars slowly becoming the new reality out here on the road. But one mans death raising new questions about the technology. This was joshua brown driving his tesla that he nicknamed tessie. He is the first known u. S. Fatality while using selfdriving technology. Tesla ceo elon musk tweeted his condolences to the model s owner. He calls brown a friend to tesla. He was known for posting videos of his car driving on autopilot, like this one, where i
His tesla that he nicknamed tessie. He is the first known u. S. Fatality while using selfdriving technology. Tesla ceo elon musk tweeted his condolences to the model s owner. He calls brown a friend to tesla. He was known for posting videos of his car driving on autopilot, like this one, where it narrowly avoided crashing into another car. In the fatal crash, a tractortrailer turned in front of him and the autopilot failed to stop the car. Tesla acknowledges the accident on its website saying neither autopilot nor the driver noticed the white side of the tractortrailer against the brightly lit sky. So the brake was not applied. No technology is foolproof. Reporter this professor heads uc berkeleys Mechanical Engineering department where selfdriving technology is being researched and tested. He said it still needs improving, and at this point it still cant be your chauffeur. People should view it not as a substitute for the driver. Reporter but many have been spotted leaving the driving