The latest case brought against Tesla Autopilot involves a highway accident near San Francisco that killed Apple engineer Walter Huang.
"I got so comfortable under Autopilot, that I ended up blowing by exits because I was immersed in emails or calls ," he wrote in the email dated March 25 that year.
This time, lawyers in the San Jose case have testimony from Tesla witnesses indicating that, before the accident, the automaker never studied how quickly and effectively drivers could take control if Autopilot accidentally steers towards an obstacle, the deposition transcripts show. Experts in autonomous-vehicle law say the case could pose the stiffest test to date of Tesla's insistence that Autopilot is safe — if drivers do their part.
But if successful, the plaintiffs' attorneys could provide a blueprint for others suing over Autopilot. Tesla faces at least a dozen such suits now, eight of which involve fatalities, putting the automaker at risk of large monetary judgments.McNeill declined to comment. Anderson did not respond to requests. Both have left Tesla. McNeill is a board member atThe crash that killed Huang is among hundreds of U.S.
Plaintiffs' attorneys also cited public comments by Musk while probing what Tesla knew about driver behavior. After a 2016 fatal crash, Musk told a news conference that drivers struggle more with attentiveness after they have used the system extensively.A 2017 Tesla safety analysis, a company document that was introduced into evidence in a previous case, made clear that the system relies on quick driver reactions.
McDevitt asked the Tesla expert witness, Christopher Monk, if he could name any specialists in human interaction with automated systems whom Tesla consulted while designing Autopilot.
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