Incident #436·Human-Computer Interaction

Tesla Driver Put Car on Autopilot Before Falling Asleep in Germany

December 28, 20229 reportsView on AIID

Description

A Tesla driver fell asleep on an Autobahn near Bamberg, Germany after activating his vehicle's Autopilot mode, which did not respond to attempts to pull it over by the police.

Actors

Alleged Deployers

tesla

Alleged Developers

tesla

Harmed Parties

traffic-participants

Classification

Risk Domain

Human-Computer Interaction

Risk Subdomain

5.1. Overreliance and unsafe use

MIT Risk Profile

HumanIntentionalPost-deployment

Source

Databaseaiid

LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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Police Chase Tesla On Autobahn After Driver Turns On Autopilot And Falls Asleep

carscoops.com· Jan 2023

Police in Germany chase Tesla for 15 minutes after driver turns on autopilot and 'goes to sleep'

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