The police investigates the clarify if autopilot was indeed enabled and caused the April 19 fatal Tesla crash in Texas. The crash took the lives of two individuals aboard the Tesla vehicle, and although Tesla CEO Elon Musk has clarified that autopilot was not on, the feds are officially going to serve search warrants in order to find the truth.
Tesla Model S Crash
According to Reuters' April 19 report, the police are going to serve search warrants on Tesla this Tuesday to secure data from the recent Tesla Model S crash that happened all the way in Texas. This news was reported to Reuters by Harris County Constable Precinct 4's Mark Herman.
The report was in response to a tweet by Elon Musk defending Tesla saying the data logs that the company has recovered so far indicate that autopilot was not enabled in the Tesla crash Houston. This is something that the police want to investigate in order to find out the truth of the matter.
Evidence of Tesla Being Enabled or Not
A certain individual going by Ahmad A Dalhat on Twitter had privately investigated the matter noted that nothing made sense and that there are safety measures in place along with the autopilot seat, making sure that it is weighed and that there is a driver. It was also said that the driver's hands have to be on the steering wheel every 10 seconds; otherwise, the Autopilot will disengage. It was also noted that Autopilot actually does not go over the speed limit making it impossible.
Shortly after the tweet, Elon Musk agreed with the logic behind why the Autopilot was not engaged. It was also noted that there were no FSDs purchased for that specific car. Elon Musk then also noted that the standard Autopilot would require the car's lane lines to simply turn on which the street did not have.
Your research as a private individual is better than professionals @WSJ!
Data logs recovered so far show Autopilot was not enabled & this car did not purchase FSD.
Moreover, standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on, which this street did not have.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2021
Is Tesla at Fault?
The debate is ongoing as to whether or not the Tesla model S that crashed really did have autopilot on or not. The investigation is still ongoing with the police set to serve warrants in order to thoroughly investigate what really happened.
There has not yet been any official findings on the recent Tesla crash since the investigation is ongoing. As of the moment, there are still a lot of angles being investigated but the most critical of them all is finding out whether or not the autopilot was really on and if it was the main cause for the death of the two victims. The ongoing investigation will be investigated by the police with the use of warrants in order to access Tesla's data.
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Written by Urian Buenconsejo
