Tesla Autopilot flees police in Germany after driver fell asleep
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Photo caption: 2018 Tesla Model S 75D – February 20, 2019. Photo credit: Vauxford via Wikimedia Commons. Article by . SiliconANGLE – updated January 1, 2023.
Telsa Inc.’s self-driving Autopilot functionality has been found to have a new feature: fleeing from the law. Police in Germany were forced to give chase recently after a Model 3 refused to stop at a checkpoint. The incident occurred on an Autobahn near Bamberg, Germany, when the police officers attempted to pull the Tesla over for a traffic check. Neither the driver nor the Tesla responded, with police then pursuing the vehicle while traveling at 110 kilometers an hour (68 miles per hour). […]
