“It’s really important that driver monitoring systems take into account that humans tend to over-trust technology,” Acting NHTSA Administrator Ann Carlson told Reuters earlier this year.
Tesla said it will deploy an over-the-air software update that will “incorporate additional controls and alerts already in place on affected vehicles to encourage drivers to follow their continued driving responsibility whenever Autosteer engages.” Can go.”
The agency launched an investigation into Autopilot in August 2021 after identifying more than a dozen crashes in which Tesla vehicles hit stationary emergency vehicles. NHTSA said Tesla had issued the recall as a result of its investigation, because the agency found “Tesla’s unique design of its Autopilot.” The system may provide inadequate driver interaction and usage controls leading to potential misuse of the system.”
Tesla’s Autopilot aims to enable cars to automatically steer, accelerate and brake within their lane, while Advanced Autopilot can assist with lane changes on highways but does not make them autonomous.
Separately, since 2016, NHTSA has launched more than three dozen Tesla special crash investigations in cases where driver systems such as Autopilot were suspected of being used, with 23 crash deaths reported so far.