The owner sat in the co -driving driver and used the "autonomous driving" to hit the street light?Tesla is not true, the traffic police are investigating

Polar news reporter Man Da Yaogang

Video editing Yao Gang

Hangzhou Yitesla hit the street light pole, but the owner said that he was sitting in the co -pilot seat after drinking and using the autonomous driving function. In response, Tesla responded that the media said that the owner was not true, and the driver had to sit on the driver's seat to start the automatic auxiliary driving function. On July 30, Hangzhou Traffic Police responded that it was necessary to determine whether he was drunk after alcohol.

According to the Qianjiang Evening News, on the evening of July 29, a traffic accident occurred near the Furti of the Xixi Wetland Scenic Area, Hangzhou, and the street light pole was knocked over by a Tesla. Tesla's owner claimed that he was sitting on the car's co -pilot seat and using Tesla's autonomous driving function at the time of the incident. However, the staff of Tesla's foreign affairs department later responded to the Qianjiang Evening News that the owner in the accident was not true. The accurate name of this function of Tesla is "automatic auxiliary driving". The driver must be sitting on the driver's seat to turn on this function. Sitting on the co -pilot can not turn on this function.

On July 30, a staff member of the West Lake Brigade of the Traffic Police Detachment of the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau introduced to Jimu Journalist that after receiving the accident report, they went to the scene to settle whether the driver was after the blood inspection report. drive.

Another traffic policeman in Hangzhou told Jimu Journalists that the moment the car owner started the vehicle after drinking, it was behavioral. If the owner was started, the vehicle would not turn on the autonomous driving for no reason.

Attorney Chai Xin, a law firm at Beijing Dacheng (Wuhan) Law Firm, believes that according to relevant laws and regulations, starting a car after drinking may be identified as drunk driving. At present, autonomous driving technology is not completely mature, and after drinking, want to start the automotive driving function of the car, it also needs to rely on manual operation to perform necessary operations. Once the vehicle is started, it is dangerous. It is determined to be driving after drinking. Once it is identified as a after -alcoholic driving, not only the insurance company refuses to pay for the car damage and third parties, but also may also bear administrative or criminal responsibility. Attorney Chai Xin suggested that after drinking alcohol, the driver and friends should not start motor vehicles without authorization, and try to drive or take a taxi directly.

Lawyer Meng Qingen, a law firm in Beijing, believes that the owner should bear the corresponding legal liability for the traffic accident, compensate the loss of the street light rod and other losses. Regardless of whether the vehicle has the function of autonomous driving, the driver should not start the vehicle after drinking. If you choose the autonomous driving mode, the driver must choose to sit in the driver's seat to supervise the autonomous driving system and prepare to take over the vehicle at any time.

(Picture source: Qianjiang Evening News)

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