NHTSA对弗吉尼亚州致命的特斯拉ModelY撞车事故展开特别调查
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NHTSA对弗吉尼亚州致命的特斯拉Model Y撞车事故展开特别调查
该机构怀疑特斯拉7月19日在弗吉尼亚州沃伦顿撞上一辆拖拉机拖车时正在使用自动驾驶仪。
美国东部时间
2023年8 月 11 日
上午 10：53
作者：丹·米哈拉斯库
美国国家公路交通安全管理局（NHTSA）表示，它正在对一起涉及特斯拉Model Y撞上重型卡车的致命事故展开特别事故调查。
美国汽车安全监管机构正在调查7月19日的致命车祸，其中特斯拉的司机在弗吉尼亚州沃伦顿撞上一辆拖拉机拖车后死亡。据路透社报道，NHTSA有理由怀疑
特斯拉在撞入卡车时依赖Autopilot高级驾驶员辅助系统。
福基尔县警长办公室说，这名57岁的特斯拉司机在拖拉机拖车试图从卡车停靠站转向高速公路后被杀。
Model
Y撞到侧面并陷入拖车下方，导致驾驶员死亡。拖拉机拖车的司机因鲁莽驾驶而被传票。
这是NHTSA自2016年以来对涉嫌使用Autopilot等驾驶员辅助系统的三十多起特斯拉特别事故调查中的最新一起。迄今为止，所有这些车祸中总共有23人死亡。
NHTSA于7月5日对2018年在加利福尼亚州南太浩湖发生的涉及特斯拉Model 3的
致命车祸进行了另一次特别的调查
。这名17岁的斯巴鲁翼豹司机在与特斯拉Model
3正面相撞后丧生。一名乘坐特斯拉的三个月大的婴儿也在几天后，因事故造成的伤口而死亡。
该机构通常每年对新兴技术和其他潜在安全问题进行100多次特别事故调查。例如，这些调查以前有助于制定安全气囊的安全规则。这些调查不同于NHTSA为确定是否需要安全召回而进行的缺陷调查。
6月，NHTSA升级为工程分析，其缺陷调查涉及八十三万辆特斯拉汽车的自动驾驶仪，以及与停放的紧急车辆（包括消防车）的碰撞。该调查于
2020 年 8 月开始。
特斯拉的自动驾驶仪是一种高级驾驶辅助系统 （ADAS），可以在车道内自动转向、加速和制动汽车。此外，
增强的自动驾驶仪，可以帮助在高速公路上改变车道。尽管该系统的名称可能具有误导性，但特斯拉坚持认为，Autopilot始终需要积极的人类监督。
来源：路透社
NHTSA Opens Special Probe Into Fatal Tesla Model Y Crash In
Virginia
The agency suspects the Tesla was using Autopilot when it
smashed into a tractor-trailer truck in Warrenton, Virginia, on
July 19.
Aug 11, 2023 at 10:53am ET
By: Dan
Mihalascu
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it
is opening a special crash investigation into a deadly accident
involving a Tesla Model Y that smashed into a heavy truck.
The US auto safety regulator is probing the July 19 fatal crash in
which the driver of the Tesla died after striking a tractor-trailer
truck in Warrenton, Virginia. According to Reuters, NHTSA has
reasons to suspect the
Tesla was relying on the
Autopilot advanced driver assistance system when it plowed into the
truck.
The 57-year-old Tesla driver was killed after the tractor trailer
was attempting to turn onto a highway from a truck stop, the
Fauquier County Sheriff's Office said. The
Model Y struck the side
and went underneath the trailer, resulting in the driver's death.
The driver of the tractor trailer was issued a summons for reckless
driving.
This is the latest in more than three dozen Tesla special crash
investigations the NHTSA has opened since 2016 in cases were
driver-assistance systems such as Autopilot were suspected of being
used. To date, 23 deaths were reported in all these crashes.
NHTSA last month opened
another
special crash probe into a July 5 deadly crash in South Lake
Tahoe, California involving a 2018 Tesla Model 3. The 17-year-old
driver of a Subaru Impreza was killed after a head-on collision
with the Tesla Model 3. A three-month-old infant who was riding in
the Tesla also died several days later from wounds caused by the
accident.
The agency typically opens more than 100 special crash
investigations annually into emerging technologies and other
potential safety issues. These investigations previously helped to
develop safety rules on airbags, for example. These investigations
are distinct from defect investigations opened by NHTSA to
determine if a safety recall is necessary.
In June, NHTSA upgraded to an engineering analysis its defect probe
into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with Autopilot and crashes with parked
emergency vehicles, including fire trucks. The probe was first
opened in August 2020.
Tesla's Autopilot is an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS)
that can steer, accelerate, and brake cars automatically within
their lane; there's also
enhanced Autopilot that can assist in changing lanes on
highways. Despite the system's potentially misleading name, Tesla
maintains that Autopilot requires active human supervision at all
times.
Source:
Reuters
