Incident 221: A Road Engineer Killed Following a Collision Involving a Tesla on Autopilot
Description: In Taiwan, a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot mode whose driver did not pay attention to the road collided with a road repair truck; a road engineer immediately placed crash warnings in front of the Tesla, but soon after got hit and was killed by a BMW when its driver failed to see the sign and crashed into the accident.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed road engineer.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
221
Report Count
2
Incident Date
2022-03-07
Editors
Khoa Lam
GMF Taxonomy Classifications
Taxonomy DetailsKnown AI Goal
Autonomous Driving
Known AI Technology
Image Segmentation
Potential AI Technology
Convolutional Neural Network, Visual Object Detection, Classification
Known AI Technical Failure
Misuse, Generalization Failure
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
Tesla driver admits he was not paying attention while autopilot was engaged.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Tesla on autopilot collided with a maintenance vehicle on a highway in Taoyuan moments before a worker responding to the accident was fata…
Tesla said a software update would fix the issues with its heat pumps. It didn’t. The company also tried to dismiss an NHTSA investigation for crashing against emergency vehicles on Autopilot with another OTA (over-the-air) update. A wreck …
Variants
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