Tesla driver claims Autopilot tried to avoid wheel flying off car in scary crash caught on video
A Tesla driver claims that Autopilot was trying to avoid a wheel flying off a car that crashed in front of the Tesla vehicle. It was all caught on video.
TeslaCam is Tesla’s integrated dashcam system that uses the autopilot cameras to record the vehicle’s surroundings in the event of an accident.
It has captured some wild situations on video over the years and even helped the police arrest criminals.
In some cases, it even helped showcase some of Tesla’s safety features, such as the driver assistance features powered by Autopilot.
Now, a new viral TeslaCam video claims to show Tesla Autopilot moving the vehicle in an attempt to avoid a false wheel that created a scary accident.
In the video, the Tesla driver followed a car that was propelled several meters into the air after driving into the detached wheel of a pickup truck in the next lane:
After sending the vehicle airborne, the wheel continued towards the Tesla vehicle, which can be seen swerving slightly to the right to avoid it.
The Tesla driver claims that it was the autopilot system that automatically made the maneuver to avoid driving into the steering wheel.
Tesla has features powered by Autoiplot that are designed to either avoid crashes or reduce the impact of a collision, such as automatic emergency braking. However, there have been doubts that the system can avoid smaller objects on the road as in this situation.
It’s important to remember that Tesla’s Autopilot and Full Self-Driving packages only involve driver assistance features that always require the driver to be alert and ready to take control at all times. They are not fully autonomous nor intended to be used without consideration.
The driver of the Kia that hit the steering wheel is said to have been uninjured in the accident.
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