Tesla Driver Caught On Camera Apparently Asleep At The Wheel | NBC Nightly News

A motorist on a Massachusetts highway captured a man asleep behind the wheel of his Tesla, presumably in autopilot mode. It’s the latest incident involving semi-autonomous cars that have police and federal safety experts sounding an alarm.

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[MyFatherIsTryingToKillMe]

How do you sleep at the wheel??? I can't even sleep in my bed 😦

[galis]

I will never understand how someone could feel comfortable enough to fall asleep there’s no way

[vxmp]

Imagine being fainted or having a heart attack and your dead body being driven all around the town

[ImAlecPonce]

The car clearly says not to do what these people did. You can’t be to blame if someone jumps off the bridge after you explicitly tell them not to.

[WANDERER]

So the Autopilot works as it should 😎
Better question is
Why the cameraman doesnt HONK his horn to wake them up?

[cardude]

This is Captain Tesla, your auto pilot. Please sit back, relax, enjoy the ride.

[JamesF]

My son was nearly killed when a car rear ended him. The guy that hit him had fallen asleep at the wheel. It wasn’t a Tesla.

[davidkott]

This would not be news if they fell asleep in a different car and crashed. This car may have saved there lives.

[hehbol]

Glad they didn’t fall sleep driving other car

[MrXtraconservative]

They failed to mention that if you ignore the flashing and beeping (which keeps getting louder), the Tesla automatically turns on its emergency flashers and safely brings the car to a stop. And it disables the autopilot feature for the rest of that drive. Tesla engineers put a lot of thought into how it works.

[apeman]

0:46 that convertible Tesla is looking fire

[yonismo]

Lolol imagine takin a nap thinking ur car got u and u wake up next to kobe and tupac

[oihdnuoc]

Imagine fall asleep in the middle of the highway. And when your wake up your at home xD

[peppermint]

And that guy was recording from his driver side at 55mph🤔

[snowflakeprincessunicorn]

Awesome! The headline should be "Drunk driver falls asleep at wheel - gets home safely"

[Tabaitha_Elle]

That should be automatic jail time! They’re putting others lives in danger.

[fahmifarizi]

I want to trust my relationships as much as the drivers trust their tesla.

[stevendrysdale]

OMG! They fell asleep at the wheel and autopilot prevented an accident!! Wait.. was that what the news piece was about?

[uncle]

0:47 I want this no roof Tesla. It is on sale now?

[simplelife]

how is that anymore dangerous than recording a video with your phone while driving?