NTSB: driver errors, overreliance on automation, lack of safeguards, led to fatal Tesla crash

Green Car Congress
By mmillikinSep 13, 2017, 4:45 am315 pts
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a truck driver’s failure to yield the right of way and a Tesla driver’s inattention due to overreliance on vehicle automation are the probable cause of the fatal 7 May 2016, crash near Williston, Florida. (Earlier post.) The NTSB also determined…

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