Tesla’s Autopilot is a really succesful system, however in its present state it can not, and mustn’t, be changing human drivers. That holds very true within the case of this incident, the place stated drivers weren’t of authorized age to acquire a license, but claimed there was no subject as a result of the automotive was driving itself.

The occasion occurred on March 26 in Palm Coast, Florida simply off of State Street 100. As reported by the Daytona Beach News-Journal, officers initially pulled over the Mannequin 3 for driving on the flawed facet of the street. After they pulled the automotive over, they discovered that not solely had been the 2 ladies inside not solely unlicensed (and too younger for a license within the first place), however nobody was occupying the motive force’s seat.

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The 14- and 15-year previous ladies, one within the passenger seat and one within the rear seat, claimed that the Tesla was driving itself throughout the ordeal. It was later discovered that that they had come all the way in which from Charleston, South Carolina – a virtually 350 mile (563 km) journey – unbeknownst to their mother and father. And to make issues worse, throughout the site visitors cease, the Model 3 proceeded to again itself up into the police cruiser.

Thankfully, they didn’t get off scot-free, because the “driver” obtained a quotation for driving and not using a license, and each teenagers needed to spend the evening on the Florida Division of Kids and Household till their mother and father had been in a position to get there. Whereas there was no harm accomplished to the police automotive, the Tesla was estimated to wish round $300 in repairs.

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Sheriff Rick Staly commented on the matter: “These youngsters are very fortunate that nobody was damage and their actions didn’t have extra severe penalties. It doesn’t matter if you’re driving a ‘good automotive’, driving and not using a license continues to be in opposition to the regulation. I hope these youngsters have realized a beneficial lesson and I’m grateful that nobody was damage and solely minimal harm occurred to their car.”

Photos courtesy of Flagler County Sheriff’s Workplace