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Landon Embry, 34, died on the scene after the Model 3 put on
Autopilot at 75-80 miles per hour struck the back of his Harley
Davidson motorcycle, throwing him from the bike, according to
the lawsuit filed in state court in Salt Lake City last week.
The lawsuit claims the driver of the Model 3 was "tired" and
"not in a condition to drive as an ordinarily prudent driver."
The complaint said the Autopilot sensors such as cameras "should
have identified the hazard posed by Decedent’s motorcycle in its
presence."
"A reasonably prudent driver, or adequate auto braking system,
would have, and could have slowed or stopped without colliding
with the motorcycle," the complaint said.
Tesla was not immediately available for comment.
The lawsuit adds to growing scrutiny of Tesla's driver assistant
systems Autopilot and Full Self-Driving.
A Tesla Model S car was in "Full Self-Driving" mode when it hit
and killed a 28-year-old motorcyclist in the Seattle area in
April this year, police said this week.
In April, Tesla settled a lawsuit over a 2018 crash that killed
an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot,
swerved off a highway near San Francisco.
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin in San Francisco; Additional reporting
by Mike Scarcella; Editing by Leslie Adler)
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