Man Says Tesla Autopilot Saved His Life By Driving Him To the Hospital (cnbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Last month a man sent an email to Elon Musk explaining how his Tesla Model S with Autopilot activated may have saved a pedestrian's life. Now, it appears Autopilot may have saved the life of a Tesla Model X driver. CNBC reports: "A Missouri man says his Tesla helped saved his life by driving him to the hospital during a life-threatening emergency. Joshua Neally is a lawyer and Tesla owner from Springfield, Missouri, who often uses the semi-autonomous driving system called Autopilot on his Tesla Model X. The system has come under fire after it was involved in a fatal Florida crash in May, but Neally told online magazine Slate that Autopilot drove him 20 miles down a freeway to a hospital, while Neally suffered a potentially fatal blood vessel blockage in his lung, known as a pulmonary embolism. The hospital was right off the freeway exit, and Neally was able to steer the car the last few meters and check himself into the emergency room, the report said."

Comments

Re:Not to diminish the usefulness of the feature

[Anonymous Coward]

Odd, I would expect the auto-Pilate function to crucify me, not to save me.

Re:Not to diminish the usefulness of the feature

[Adriax]

An Auto-Pilates system wouldn't be very good either. I'm pretty sure exercise is a bad idea for people with a pulmonary embolism.

Needed tweak for the release version

[Applehu Akbar]

This feat was impressive, but it will do no good unless Autopilot takes the driver to a hospital that takes his insurance plan.

Re:Not to diminish the usefulness of the feature

[billmarrs]

I wash my hands of these posts.