Video captures Tesla driver apparently asleep at the wheel on I-15

[Caribbeans]

Source: KTLA

A motorist captured video Thursday afternoon of what appeared to be a Tesla driver asleep behind the wheel while in traffic on a Southern California freeway.

The incident was caught on video around 4 p.m. on the 15 Freeway near Temecula.

After following the Tesla for 15 minutes, honking and trying to get the driver’s attention, she said she called 911 to report the incident.

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/video-captures-tesla-driver-allegedly-asleep-at-the-wheel-near-temecula/

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December 31, 2022

Tesla driver found sleeping at the wheel as car reached 70 mph on highway, report says

German police stopped a Tesla driver who fell asleep at the wheel with the car's Autopilot assistance system on, according to The Times of London.

The car reached close to 70 mph on the highway in Bavaria, Germany, while the 45-year-old driver continued to snooze, the newspaper reported.
https://autos.yahoo.com/tesla-driver-found-sleeping-wheel-120845005.html


3 years ago

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. wow... scary.

[zuul]

2. He's not asleep, he's in a freaking coma.

I wish I could sleep like that.

[rurallib]

3. I am just sitting here with my mouth open in disbelief

O. M. G.

[purr-rat beauty]

4. Asleep?

I'd check their pulse

[appleannie1]

5. Now you don't just have to watch out for overworked truckers on uppers trying to meet the time limit

on a delivery, you have to watch out for crazies in Tesla's sleeping behind the wheel.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

10. Far more worried about sleepy truckers than a sleepy drive in a rare Tesla.

Don’t think stupid drivers started with Tesla!

[moniss]

19. Actually the rate of

truckers using amphetamines is not anywhere near as prevalent as it once was. We can actually look to the Federal government as a major culprit in the widespread introduction of amphetamines into the trucking industry. During WW2 it was common for defense shipments to include a little envelope with pills along with the shipment paperwork. But they don't like owning up to it. If people were paid properly there would be no incentive to "push" in the first place. Along with adequate job protection from employer retaliation for those who refuse to violate hours of service restrictions. But that's our pesky Feds again being a large part of the problem by being weak-kneed when it comes to holding companies responsible.

[FBaggins]

6. People fall asleep behind the wheel all the time

The difference here appears to be that they and the vehicle survived.

[CentralMass]

7. I suspect that I will never trust that technology.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. Ditto. My cars don't have electronic ignitions nor windows!

[forgotmylogin]

14. To be fair, remote start is great helping you find your car in a parking lot.

Some people won't live without it, but I can take or leave.

Now remote locks - I am obsessive about worrying whether I locked my car so the fact I can have it honk to tell me "yes you locked your car dumbass" three times on the way into the store is kind of indispensable. That and the setting where if you don't use the remote lock it assumes you are not holding the keys and resists locking the driver door manually with interior buttons or pushing them down so you don't get locked out accidentally, or your kids can't lock you out. You have to lock it using the physical key from the outside or the remote.

I *wish* I had a setting to remotely lower the windows to release hot air to help the car cool down in the summer.

[jdadd]

20. My 2014 Accord will lower windows ...

Just hold the remote button down, windows and sun roof will open.

[Polybius]

28. How about if someone from a time machine took you 100 years into the future?

[Xolodno]

8. Happens all the time, including in regular cars.

I've caught myself dozing off a few times. Once driving the vanpool (and everyone in it was asleep), we had an hourly person (rest of us salary) who kept taking earlier and earlier shifts, what was once leaving at 6 am became 4:45 am eventually. After that, bought an economical car and dropped out. Started leaving around 7 am, sure I stayed a bit later, but the traffic was a bit better.

Once when I was in college, some friends and I went to Disneyland. Afterwards we were exhausted and everyone fell asleep, getting close to the place we were all going to crash, I stop at the light and since its red, I decided I'll just close my eyes for a moment. Woke up and it was green...but I bet it changed quite a few times before I woke up.

[gfwzig]

9. don't video ,,pull in front ,slow down, do a (low speed) brake check.

[keithbvadu2]

11. Can Elon spin this into a positive?

[Polybius]

29. Sure

He'll say they didn't crash. He'll say if they did fell asleep in a normal car, they would have crashed (in which case he wouldn't be wrong).

[FakeNoose]

12. That looks like a drug stupor, and both are in it

[friend of a friend]

15. I know I have never been asleep while driving or I would have crashed,

but many nights driving home from work at midnight I would start the car and the next thing I knew was parking the car in my driveway. I mean I could not recall driving for half an hour.

[ZonkerHarris]

16. driver and passenger alseep

[NBachers]

17. If you're going to a Fentanyl party, and you eat Fentanyl beforehand, does that indicate that you

have a Fentanyl problem?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. No, I might have a little top-shelf Fentanyl at home, then take some generic stuff to give the host.

Where's the problem?

Aside: i had some surgery late last year, and when I reviewed all the details later, found I was given Fentanyl, among other drugs. I was surprised, but I guess it's a useful drug for anaethesia, with proper observation, etc. I was disappointed to have slept through the interesting parts of the party (not).

[keep_left]

18. Well, Volvo has been promising just this kind of thing for a while now...

...it's not only Tesla claiming that the future will be totally automated. I remember seeing a clip from this promo video in a Volvo commercial a few years ago now.

Check out 3:28-9:22 of the YouTube video.

[Snoopy 7]

21. wake up

I guess the press refused to make people aware, yea right wink wink, by showing this non-stop: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-autopilot-staged-engineer-says-company-faked-full-autopilot/

[llashram]

22. tragic scenario

too much reliance on tech, much too early...:

[bluestarone]

23. WOW! poor passenger.

She trusts this guy. He doesn't care much about her.

[XorXor]

24. Maybe these cars should be made to detect a driver in that condition

And then give them a prompt to respond to. Then pull over if they don't respond. Perhaps even contacting emergency services if the person is unresponsive.

[Kablooie]

33. Teslas have had this feature since 2020.

There is an interior camera that monitors the driver's eyes when the car is on automatic. If you stop paying attention to the road it gives you a warning and if you don't respond within a certain time the car will put on it's emergency blinkers pull over to the side and come to a stop.

[XorXor]

34. Oh cool. I take it that can't be disabled, right?

[Kablooie]

35. No, it can't.

Also when you are using the automation you have to keep your hand on the steering wheel to take over instantly if needed. If you take your had off for too long it gives you a warning and will turn off the automation for the rest of the drive. People could fool it by hanging a small weight on the steering wheel but recent software update now senses if the tension is too constant and will turn off if it is.

Older cars don’t have the interior camera so only have the tension control.

[Wonder Why]

26. That's NOT a TESLA driver asleep at the wheel.

It's a Republican congressman planning to stop the debt increase and trying to invent a proposal that sounds like it comes from a reasonable human being.

[Polybius]

27. In 50 years, this won't be a problem

It sure is now however.

[Turbineguy]

30. In all fairness

I can understand why somebody would want to sleep while passing Temecula.

[cab67]

31. What's the old saying?

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When my time comes, I want to be peacefully asleep, like my grandfather.

Not screaming in terror like his passengers.

[oasis]

32. The idiot!

[Lancero]

36. People falling asleep at the wheel isn't anything new, if anything this is a improvement.

Previously people who fell asleep at the wheel would end up going off the road and into a tree, at best, and hitting another car - or even jumping a fence and nailing at house - at worse.