"Tesla has always been clear that Autopilot doesn't make the car impervious to all accidents." Responses to the police department Twitter post ranged from thoughtful analysis of the accident to mistrust of self-driving cars. According to local media, police said the woman at the wheel of the car claimed it was in a self-driving mode and that her attention was on her phone. Huang's hands were "not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision," Tesla said in a blog post. Uber put a temporary halt to its self-driving car program in the US after a March accident in Arizona that resulted in the death of woman pushing a bicycle in a street.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 30, 2018 02:37 UTC