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DVD Player Found In Tesla Autopilot Crash, Says Florida Officials (reuters.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the Hogwarts-School-of-Witchcraft-and-Wizardry dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: A digital video disc player was found in the Tesla car that was on autopilot when its driver was killed in a collision with a truck in May, Florida Highway Patrol officials said on Friday. "There was a portable DVD player in the vehicle," said Sergeant Kim Montes of the FHP in a telephone interview. She said there was no camera found, mounted on the dash or of any kind, in the wreckage. A lawyer for a truck driver involved in the accident with the Tesla told Reuters his investigators had spoken to a witness who said the DVD player was playing a "Harry Potter" video after the accident, but the lawyer was unable to verify that beyond the witness account. Lawyers for the family of the victim, 40-year-old Joshua Brown, released a statement Friday saying the family is cooperating with the investigations "and hopes that information learned from this tragedy will trigger further innovation which enhances the safety of everyone on the roadways." Lawyers for the family of the victim, 40-year-old Joshua Brown, released a statement Friday saying the family is cooperating with the investigations "and hopes that information learned from this tragedy will trigger further innovation which enhances the safety of everyone on the roadways." Tesla said in a statement Friday, "Autopilot is by far the most advanced driver assistance system on the road, but it does not turn a Tesla into an autonomous vehicle and does not allow the driver to abdicate responsibility."

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  1. Re:By far... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    How dare you speak like this about Martian Citizen Zero? He is going to lead the entire human species to Mars! Sure, a few airlocks may open on the way, food dispensers may not work, but think how jealous the people left on Earth will be!

  2. Re:I'll Be Back by Z80a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try looking on top of your roomba. Or in the box where the roomba came.

  3. Harry Potter my ass... by Known+Nutter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Porn. Absolutely porn. No 40 year old man is driving down the road in his bad ass Tesla watching Harry Potter. No way, not happening. Porn.

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