“The car gave the impression of being self-driving, driving at more than 140 km/h, with the front seats absolutely tilted and the occupants seemed asleep,” the RCMP said in a statement.
TESLA FAN TURNS FORD F-150 RAPTOR INTO CYBERTRUCK
Police said that after an officer intervened turned on the emergency lights of his vehicle, the Tesla “accelerated automatically” and accelerated to “exactly 150 km/h. “
The driver, a 20-year-old British Columbia man, accused of rushing and suspended from his 24-hour leave for fatigue.
After an additional investigation, the guy was also charged with dangerous driving and received a subpoena to appear in court in December, the RCMP said.
TESLA ON AUTOPILOT ARRIVED IN A POLICE CAR WHILE DRIVER WATCHES A MOVIE ON HIS CELL PHONE
Last month, a North Carolina doctor’s Tesla running on autopilot crashed into a police car while watching a movie on his mobile phone.
Tesla’s autopilot and “fully autonomous driving” systems have the ability to drive a car into a lane and safe obstacles, however, they require driving force to demonstrate that it is attentive when touching the guide wheel, according to reports.
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“While new vehicle brands have built-in protections to prevent drivers from taking advantage of the merits of new vehicle protection systems, those systems are just that: more protection systems,” said Superintendent Gary Graham of the Alberta Transit Services RCMP. “These are not autonomous systems, I have a duty to drive. “
Gary Gastelu of Fox News contributed to this report.