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Sleeping Driver on Tesla AutoPilot
A Tesla Model S remained on autopilot while being operated by a drunk, sleeping operator whose hands were not on the wheel. The police had to slow the car down by slowing in front of the vehicle to activate its 'driver assist' feature .
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- incident-report
- evidenceStatus
- reported
- region
- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2018-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2018-01-19T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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