Driver of Tesla on autopilot must stand trial for crash that killed 2 in Gardena, choose rules
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2022-05-21 22:27:19
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GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- The motive force of a Tesla operating on autopilot must stand trial for a crash that killed two people in Gardena, a judge ruled Thursday.
There may be enough evidence to strive Kevin George Aziz Riad , 27, on two counts of vehicular manslaughter, a Los Angeles County choose said.
A judge ruled Thursday that a trial can proceed against a Tesla Model S driver in a 2019 crash that left two people dead in Gardena.
It's believed to be the first felony prosecution in the U.S. towards a driver using a partially automated driving system.
Police stated the Tesla Model S left a freeway and ran a pink light and was doing 74 mph when it smashed into a Honda Civic at an intersection on Dec. 29, 2019.
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The crash killed Gilberto Alcazar Lopez, 40, of Rancho Dominguez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, 39, of Lynwood, who have been in the Civic and had been on their first date that night, relatives informed the Orange County Register.
Riad and a girl in the Tesla had been hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents.
Prosecutors mentioned the Tesla's Autosteer and Site visitors Aware Cruise Management were lively. A Tesla engineer testified that sensors indicated Riad had a hand on the steering wheel but crash information showed no brakes had been applied in the six minutes before the crash.
A police officer testified Thursday that a number of traffic signs warning motorists to slow down have been posted near the tip of the freeway.
Tesla has said that Autopilot and a extra sophisticated "Full Self-Driving" system can not drive themselves and that drivers should pay attention and be ready to react at anytime.
The misuse of Autopilot, which might management steering, speed and braking, has occurred on numerous events and is the topic of investigations by two federal agencies. The submitting of costs in the California crash could serve discover to drivers who use methods like Autopilot that they cannot rely on them to manage autos.
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The felony charges aren't the first involving an automatic driving system, however they're the first to contain a widely used driver technology. Authorities in Arizona filed a charge of negligent homicide in 2020 in opposition to a driver Uber had hired to participate within the testing of a totally autonomous car on public roads. The Uber vehicle, an SUV with the human backup driver on board, struck and killed a pedestrian.
In the meantime, the National Freeway Visitors Security Administration on Wednesday confirmed that it had despatched a special crash investigation crew to determine whether a Tesla concerned in a Could 12 crash in Newport Beach that killed three people was working on a partially automated driving system.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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