A Tesla on Autopilot swerved into someone’s garage door in Washington. Police are investigating.
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A Tesla crashed through a garage door in Redmond, WA. The driver blames Autopilot. Police are investigating. No injuries. Tesla hasn’t commented.
A Tesla driver in Redmond, Washington, claims the car’s self-driving mode malfunctioned before it swerved into a residential garage door on Monday. The car smashed the door open and ended up lodged inside the garage. Police responded around 11 AM and are investigating.
No injuries were reported. There were no indications of impairment. The driver blamed Tesla’s driving software, though local reporting from King 5 News referred to it as the “autopilot system” without specifying whether the vehicle was running Autopilot or the more advanced Full Self-Driving (Supervised).
The distinction matters. Autopilot handles basic lane-keeping and cruise control. Full Self-Driving (Supervised) can navigate city streets, but the name is misleading: it is not capable of fully driving itself and requires constant driver attention. Former Tesla...
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