The Canadian man is accused of sleeping on the wheel of a self-driving Tesla traveling more than mph miles off a highway in the province of Alberta.
The July 9 incident came after officials complained that a model S Tesla was speeding on a highway near the town of Ponoca, about 100 miles south of Edmonton, according to a statement issued by the Alberta Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The RCMP said in a statement that the car was self-driving, traveling 140 km / h, with both front seats fully seated and both riders asleep.
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Police said that after a responding officer installed an emergency light on their vehicle, Tesla “started accelerating automatically,” and “exactly 1 km0 km.”
The driver, a 20-year-old man from British Columbia, was charged with speeding and given a 24-hour license suspension for fatigue.
After further investigation, the man was also charged with dangerous driving and was summoned to appear in court in December, the RCMP said.
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Last month, a North Carolina doctor was working on a Tesla Aut topilot when he collided with a police car while watching a movie on his cellphone.
Tesla’s op topilot and “full self-driving” systems have the ability to drive the car inside the car and avoid some obstacles, however, they need a driver to show they are alert by touching the steering wheel, reports say.
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“Although manufacturers of new vehicles have built-in security to prevent vehicles from taking advantage of the new safety system, those systems are just that – complementary safety systems,” said Gary Graham, superintendent of Alberta RCMP Traffic Services. “They’re not self-driving systems, they still come with the responsibility of driving.”
Gary Gestello of Fox News contributed to this report
