The U.S. government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday with the company reporting four crashes after Teslas entered areas of low visibility, including sun glare, fog and airborne dust.

In addition to the pedestrian’s death, another crash involved an injury, the agency said.

Investigators will look into the ability of “Full Self-Driving” to “detect and respond appropriately to reduced roadway visibility conditions, and if so, the contributing circumstances for these crashes.”

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    2 months ago

    If you’re dead, why the fuck do you care who goes to jail? Shouldn’t we care more about people dying than revenge after?

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      2 months ago

      I wouldn’t care. I hope my wife and family would.

      “He died for a good cause: Tesla’s stock price” is not what they want to hear.