A North Carolina doctor’s Tesla operating on Autopilot crashed into a police car early Wednesday morning as he was watching a movie on his cellphone. Both the Tesla and Dodge Charger patrol car were severely damaged and the Charger bumped into the trooper's car, which knocked both him and the deputy to the ground, but no one suffered serious injuries in the incident, CBS 17 Raleigh reported. Tesla’s Autopilot and “Full Self-Driving” systems have the capability to steer a car within a lane and avoid some obstacles, but require the driver to show they are attentive by touching the steering wheel. In March, a Tesla owner in Cabarrus County, N.C., credited the feature with avoiding another car that was driving the wrong way down a highway toward him. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“It shows automation is never going to take the place of the motoring public paying attention, not texting, not being on the phone, but focusing on what you were doing, that is, driving,” Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone told CBS 17.

Source: Fox News August 27, 2020 13:52 UTC