Family members of those killed in Tesla Crash are urging the US Transport Department not to scrape Biden-era rules require companies to report crash This includes a complete or partially autonomous vehicle. They also say that they are worried that Tesla CEO Elone Musk in Trump administration may lead the department to weaken the monitoring of its company.
In a letter to Transport Secretary Sean Dafi, seven families say they are “deeply concerned” that the federal government will monitor the driver assist technology like Tesla’s autopylot.
“We are afraid that this important measure is in danger in view of the recent media reports and the impact of Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose company operates the most widely used level 2 ADAS system in the US,” letters, letters, letters, “letters, letters, Which was reported earlier PoliticianReads
Urging him not to eliminate the rule, family members appealed their experience of Dafi with the violence of vehicles, referring to the collision on the head, who almost killed his wife, Rachel.
“The way your family has experienced the consequences of the life-borne consequences of a stalled motor vehicle collision, we have our own disastrous experiences, which were all released on roadways without the necessary safety measures due to Tesla’s autonomous driving technology,” he writes.
Tesla’s autopylot and full self-draining features, which are considered level 2 systems, which need to pay attention to drivers, are both covered under the rule. Ever since it was implemented, Tesla has reported over 1,800 accidents to the federal government. Analysis of crash data shows that Tesla is responsible for 40 of the 45 fatal accidents reported to NHTSA via October 2024.
The families urged Dafi to maintain rules and ensure that “Tesla continued to be free from an active investigation and complete self-drawing improper effects in the Autopylot.”
