According to foreign media reports, Los Angeles County prosecutors recently indicted the owner of the car who used Tesla’s assisted driving system and caused a fatal car accident in 2019 with two counts of driving manslaughter, becoming the first case in the United States to be charged with a felony involving assisted driving.
The crash occurred in late 2019 when defendant Kevin George Aziz Riad was driving a Tesla Model S when it ran through a traffic light in Gardiner and collided with a Honda Civic, killing two people. Prosecutors filed a lawsuit against him in October last year, and information about the case was only released a few days ago. Although the court documents did not specifically mention Autopilot assisted driving, according to the results of in-depth investigations by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the past few years, Riad’s Model S was in a state of enabling Autopilot at the time of the incident. Riad has pleaded not guilty to the charges brought by the prosecution and remains free on bail while the case is pending, with a preliminary hearing set for February 23.
In addition to Riad, the families of the two people who died in the crash have filed a lawsuit against Tesla, alleging that Tesla sold defective vehicles. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reminds that even if some vehicles have partially automated systems, they “must ensure that the human driver is in control of the situation at all times” to ensure safety.
source:AP News
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