Driver of Tesla on autopilot must stand trial for crash that killed 2 in Gardena, judge guidelines
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2022-05-21 22:27:19
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GARDENA, Calif. (KABC) -- The driver 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 sufficient proof to try Kevin George Aziz Riad , 27, on two counts of vehicular manslaughter, a Los Angeles County judge stated.
A judge ruled Thursday that a trial can proceed in opposition to a Tesla Model S driver in a 2019 crash that left two people lifeless in Gardena.
It is believed to be the primary felony prosecution in the U.S. against a driver using a partially automated driving system.
Police said the Tesla Mannequin S left a freeway and ran a crimson light and was doing 74 mph when it smashed right 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 had been in the Civic and had been on their first date that evening, family members instructed the Orange County Register.
Riad and a woman in the Tesla were hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents.
Prosecutors said the Tesla's Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control had been energetic. A Tesla engineer testified that sensors indicated Riad had a hand on the steering wheel however crash data showed no brakes had been applied in the six minutes before the crash.
A police officer testified Thursday that a number of visitors indicators warning motorists to slow down were posted close to the end of the freeway.
Tesla has said that Autopilot and a extra subtle "Full Self-Driving" system cannot drive themselves and that drivers must listen and be able to react at anytime.
The misuse of Autopilot, which may management steering, speed and braking, has occurred on numerous occasions and is the subject of investigations by two federal businesses. The submitting of fees in the California crash could serve notice to drivers who use programs like Autopilot that they cannot depend on them to control automobiles.
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The prison prices aren't the first involving an automatic driving system, but they're the first to contain a extensively used driver know-how. Authorities in Arizona filed a cost of negligent homicide in 2020 in opposition to a driver Uber had employed to take part within the testing of a totally autonomous vehicle on public roads. The Uber vehicle, an SUV with the human backup driver on board, struck and killed a pedestrian.
Meanwhile, the National Freeway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday confirmed that it had sent a particular crash investigation crew to determine whether a Tesla involved in a Could 12 crash in Newport Seaside that killed three individuals was working on a partially automated driving system.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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