Tesla on Autopilot Crashed Parked Michigan Police Car on Interstate

March 17, 2021

A Tesla Model Y, operating under the Autopilot function, inadvertently collided with a parked Michigan State Police (MSP) vehicle that had its emergency lights activated. Thankfully, no injuries were reported in this incident highlighting the importance of trustworthy AI and responsible governance for AI systems. This incident aligns with the HISPI Project Cerebellum TAIM's Govern function, emphasizing the need for robust guardrails to ensure the safety of AI-driven vehicles on our roads.

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Alleged deployer: tesla
Alleged developer: tesla
Alleged harmed parties: unnamed-22-year-old-male-driver, tesla-drivers

Source

Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/333

Data source

Incident data is from the AI Incident Database (AIID).

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McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. In Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21). Virtual Conference.

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