"The police vehicle had its emergency lights on and several flares were placed on the road when a blue Tesla crashed into the police vehicle, which was blocking traffic," the Fullerton Police Department wrote on Instagram. "Thanks to the quick reaction of the police officer, who spotted the oncoming vehicle and swiftly moved to the side of the road, along with the off-duty police dispatcher who was riding with him, a potential disaster was averted."
Meanwhile, the Tesla driver admitted to being on his cell phone when his car crashed.
Tesla in FSD mode fails to detect moving train
The incident happened two weeks after another Tesla vehicle in FSD mode failed to detect a moving train and stop on its own. Craig Doty II, a certified general appraiser in Ohio, was driving at around 60 miles per hour when his Tesla failed to slow down as it approached the train. Doty was left with no choice but to slam on the brakes and take over the car's steering manually at the last second to avoid crashing into the train. "I was like there's no way it doesn't see the train," he said. "There's no way it doesn't see the flashing lights. Yes, it was foggy, but you can still see the lights." While the conditions were really foggy as confirmed by the police report, the dashcam video of the crash revealed that moving boxcars and the telltale flashing red lights of an active train crossing signal could be seen at least five seconds before the incident. Doty took full responsibility for the accident but noted that he believes Tesla's FSD technology is "defective." "I was the only one in the car. I was the only car in the accident. So yes, it was my fault, it had to be," Doty said. "But I feel it was more that the damn car didn't recognize the train. You do get complacent that it knows what it's doing. And usually, it's more cautious than I would be as a driver." Visit RoboCars.news for related stories about self-driving vehicles. Watch the video below that talks about inconvenient facts about electric vehicles. This video is from the Galactic Storm channel on Brighteon.com.More related stories:
Austin officials complain of self-driving cars BLOCKING emergency vehicles.
Young protesters use traffic cones to paralyze self-driving cars in San Francisco.
Tesla in Full Self-Driving mode failed to detect a moving train, nearly causing deadly collision.
Sources include: KTLA.com Gizmodo.com 1 NBCNews.com Gizmodo.com 2
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