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Tesla Driver Put Car on Autopilot Before Falling Asleep in Germany

AI Incident Database · article · Dec 29, 2022 · UTC

A Tesla driver fell asleep on an Autobahn near Bamberg, Germany after activating his vehicle's Autopilot mode, which did not respond to attempts to pull it over by the police.

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recordType
incident-report
evidenceStatus
reported
region
Global

Reported occurrence date: 2022-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Evidence & attribution

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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