The world’s first self-driving fatality has been confirmed

The world’s first self-driving fatality has been confirmed, reports PBS.

The accident occurred when “the driver of a Tesla S sports car operating the vehicle’s Autopilot automated driving system died after a collision with a truck in Florida”.

Preliminary reports indicate the crash occurred when a tractor-trailer rig made a left turn in front of the Tesla at an intersection of a divided highway where there was no traffic light.

Tesla acknowledged the accident and noted that neither the driver nor the autopilot noticed the trailer “which was perpendicular to the Model S, against the brightly lit sky”.

This is the first death in over 130 million miles of Autopilot operation according to Tesla, but it still could reopen debate as to whether we should be handing over control while on the road.

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