Driver of Tesla on autopilot should stand trial for crash that killed 2 in Gardena, decide 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 should stand trial for a crash that killed two people in Gardena, a decide ruled Thursday.
There's sufficient evidence to try Kevin George Aziz Riad , 27, on two counts of vehicular manslaughter, a Los Angeles County judge said.
A decide ruled Thursday that a trial can proceed against a Tesla Mannequin S driver in a 2019 crash that left two people lifeless in Gardena.
It's believed to be the first felony prosecution in the U.S. against a driver utilizing a partially automated driving system.
Police said the Tesla Model S left a freeway and ran a red mild 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 have been within the Civic and had been on their first date that night time, family informed the Orange County Register.
Riad and a woman in the Tesla have been hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents.
Prosecutors stated the Tesla's Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Management had been active. A Tesla engineer testified that sensors indicated Riad had a hand on the steering wheel but crash information confirmed no brakes were utilized within the six minutes before the crash.
A police officer testified Thursday that several site visitors signs warning motorists to slow down were posted close to the end of the freeway.
Tesla has said that Autopilot and a more refined "Full Self-Driving" system can not drive themselves and that drivers must listen and be ready to react at anytime.
The misuse of Autopilot, which can control steering, speed and braking, has occurred on numerous events and is the subject of investigations by two federal agencies. The filing of fees within the California crash may serve notice to drivers who use methods like Autopilot that they can't rely on them to manage vehicles.
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The criminal fees aren't the primary involving an automated driving system, but they're the first to contain a extensively used driver expertise. Authorities in Arizona filed a charge of negligent homicide in 2020 towards a driver Uber had hired to take part within the testing of a totally autonomous car on public roads. The Uber automobile, an SUV with the human backup driver on board, struck and killed a pedestrian.
Meanwhile, the Nationwide Freeway Traffic Safety Administration on Wednesday confirmed that it had despatched a special crash investigation staff to determine whether or not a Tesla involved in a Could 12 crash in Newport Beach that killed three individuals was working on a partially automated driving system.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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