Tesla Driver Caught Sleeping With Autopilot In Control

The basic ideas behind autonomous cars are to tackle issues like urban congestion and passenger safety. When you hand over the driving duties, the autonomous vehicle will maintain a safe distance from the car ahead, keep itself within the lane markings, and brake in case there is a sudden object on the road. But we’re not there quite yet, so cars still require an alert driver. This Tesla Model S driver in this video apparently has a different understanding. He was caught taking advantage of the semi-autonomous Autopilot feature in a way that doesn’t quite fit the idea of safe driving: his head tilted to the side, it appears likely that the driver had dozed off while the Tesla was slowly moving along in traffic.