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Drunk Driver Of Tesla Claims Autopilot Was In Charge
When CHiPs officers on the Bay bridge found a man passed out in his car, he tried to retrieve the situation by claiming that his Tesla's autopilot was in charge.
When u pass out behind the wheel on the Bay Bridge with more than 2x legal alcohol BAC limit and are found by a CHP Motor. Driver explained Tesla had been set on autopilot. He was arrested and charged with suspicion of DUI. Car towed (no it didn’t drive itself to the tow yard). pic.twitter.com/4NSRlOBRBL
Science fiction writers have long teased us with the idea of a car that drives itself:
Philip K. Dick is way ahead of us in his 1963 novel The Game Players of Titan:
"Mr. Garden, you are in no condition to drive. Please use the auto-auto mech and recline in the rear seat."
Pete Garden sat at the steering tiller and said as distinctly has he could manage, "Look, I can drive... Start, darn it!"
The auto-auto said "You have not inserted the key."
"Okay," he said, feeling humiliated. Maybe the car was right...
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- Man Filmed Sleeping In Tesla On Autopilot
It had been a bad night, and when he tried to drive home he had a terrible argument with his car.
(Read more about Dick's alcohol-sensing system)
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