Video shows Tesla Model S traveling without someone in the driver's seat

• Video showing a Tesla Model S running in speed on a road without someone in the driver's seat circulating on social media Tuesday night.
• The luxury electric car appeared to operate on Autopilot, Tesla's semi-autonomous vehicle technology, which allows the vehicles to be equipped with the function of steering, accelerating, braking and changing lane with driver's supervision.
• At one point, a camera throws around the cabin to reveal a person in the back seat.
• Videos show that Tesla drivers sleep or otherwise occupy the wheel, are quite common, even though the automaker obliges its customers to remain in control of their cars while driving them on autopilot.

Video showing a Tesla Model S running in motion on a road with no one in the driver's seat circulated on social media Tuesday night .

The luxury electric car appeared to operate on Autopilot, Tesla's semi-autonomous vehicle technology, which allows the vehicles to be equipped with the function of steering, accelerating, braking and changing lanes with driver's supervision.

At some point in the video, the camera throws itself toward the windshield to show that the car is driving at a speed down a two-way road. The digital instrument cluster can be viewed with "115" shown, but it was not immediately clear whether this number represented miles per hour or kilometers per hour.

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A drinking container with a bottle beverage is attached to the car's steering wheel.

The camera turns away from the model's empty driver's seat to reveal a person lying on the back seat.

Videos that show Tesla drivers asleep or otherwise busy behind the wheel, are quite common, even though the car manufacturer commits its customers to remain in control of their cars while driving them on autopilot.

The system requires drivers to hold their hands on the steering wheel. It activates a series of warnings if it does not detect driver feedback from the driver. If the driver does not respond, the system disables itself, slows down the vehicle to a stop and turns on the hazard lights.

Tesla did not immediately respond to Business Insider's video comment request on Tuesday night.