司机可能在致命车祸之前启用了特斯拉Autopilot

特斯拉Autopilot

美国东部时间2022 年 5 月 24 日下午1:02

作者：史蒂文·洛夫戴

你可能还记得，2019 年底，一名特斯拉 Model S 司机在洛杉矶附近撞车。可悲的是，它导致了本田思域中的两人死亡。现在，洛杉矶县的一名法官表示，有足够的证据让特斯拉车主因两项车辆过失杀人罪受到审判。

Model S车主凯文·乔治·阿齐兹·里亚德( Kevin George Aziz Riad) 年仅 27 岁。据调查事故的当局称，Riad 的特斯拉于 2019 年 12 月 19 日驶离高速公路，然后在加迪纳闯红灯。据报道，Model S 在十字路口与本田思域相撞时时速为 74 英里/小时。

高速碰撞致本田车内的两名乘客死亡， 他们分别是 Gilberto Alcazar Lopez 和 Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez，他们都是 40 岁左右。遇难者家属告诉新闻媒体，这是两人第一次约会，他们的本田车被 Model S 撞上，然后发生了命案。

与此同时，特斯拉的司机里亚德只是因受轻伤被送往医院。里亚德的 Model S车上还有一名女乘客，也没有生命危险。

据负责针对 Riad 案件的检察官称，Model S 的自动转向和交通感知巡航控制功能在事故发生时处于激活状态。一位为特斯拉工作的工程师作证说，根据电动汽车传感器传递的信息，里亚德把手放在方向盘上。也就是说，数据还显示，在事故发生前整整六分钟都没有使用制动踏板。

Teslarati指出，这起案件将标志着美国的首例重罪起诉，适用于车祸发生时司机可能使用先进的驾驶辅助系统的案件。

这是一个进行中的故事。虽然发生了令人难以置信的悲伤，但看看案件如何展开将会很有趣，它可能会为法院将如何处理此类事故开创先河。

随着汽车制造商开发和实施更先进的安全系统和驾驶辅助设备，发生事故时谁该受到责备的问题越来越多。无论车辆的安全系统如何，驾驶员都被认为应该对车辆负责，但我们将不得不拭目以待，看看这一切会如何发展。

资料来源： Teslarati

史蒂文·洛夫戴

作者：史蒂文·洛夫戴

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Tesla Model S Driver Who Killed Two Will Stand Trial For Manslaughter

The driver may have engaged Tesla Autopilot prior to the deadly crash.

Tesla Autopilot

May 24, 2022 at 1:02pm ET

By: Steven Loveday

You may remember, in late 2019, a Tesla Model S driver crashed his car near Los Angeles. Sadly, it resulted in the death of two people in a Honda Civic. Now, an LA County judge says there is enough evidence to put the Tesla owner on trial for two counts of vehicular manslaughter.

The Model S driver, Kevin George Aziz Riad, is just 27 years old. According to the authorities investigating the accident, Riad's Tesla veered off of the freeway on December 19, 2019, and then proceeded to run a red light in Gardena. The Model S was reportedly traveling 74 mph when it collided with a Honda Civic at an intersection.

The high-speed crash tragically killed both occupants of the Honda, Gilberto Alcazar Lopez and Maria Guadalupe Nieves-Lopez, who were both around 40 years old. The family of the victims told news outlets that the two were out on their very first date when their car was struck by the Model S and they were killed.

Meanwhile, Riad, the driver of the Tesla, was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Riad also had a female passenger riding with him in the Model S. She also had non-life-threatening injuries.

According to the prosecutors working on the case against Riad, the Model S' Autosteer and Traffic Aware Cruise Control features were active at the time of the crash. An engineer who works for Tesla testified that Riad had his hands on the steering wheel, based on information relayed from sensors in the electric car. That said, the data also revealed that the brake pedal wasn't used for a full six minutes before the crash occurred.

Teslarati points out that this case will mark the very first felony prosecution in the US that applies to a case where the driver was potentially using an advanced driver-assist system when the crash occurred.

This is a developing story. While incredibly sad, it will prove interesting to see how the case unfolds, and it may set a precedent as to how the court will handle such accidents going forward.

As automakers develop and implement more advanced safety systems and driver-assistance aids, questions mount related to who's to blame in the event of an accident. The driver is assumed to be responsible for the vehicle regardless of its safety systems, but we'll have to wait and see how it all plays out.

Source: Teslarati

Steven Loveday

By: Steven Loveday

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