Tesla Autopilot runs over a child’s mannequin

In each test conducted by The Dawn Project, the Tesla would start at 40 miles per hour and drive 100 yards within a designated lane before hitting the dummy. The professional test driver was instructed to keep his hands off the wheel and only brake after the vehicle had made contact with the dummy, according to The Dawn Project.

Tesla has said to drivers that the system is not a substitute for a licensed driver and tells them to keep their hands on the wheel and be ready to take control when the system is working.

After the FSD was enacted, the Model 3 “would start to wobble like it was lost and confused, slow down a bit, then pick up speed again as it hit and ran over dummies at over 25 miles per hour,” detailed the report. test pilot, Art Haynie, in a statement.

“The deeply disturbing results of our Tesla Full Self-Driving safety test should be a rallying cry for action,” O’Dowd said in a statement.

“Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software is ‘incredible’. It is not. It is a lethal threat to all Americans.”

Tesla’s FSD has generated controversy in the past. Last month, the California Department of Motor Vehicles filed a complaint against the electric car maker, alleging that it used “false or misleading” statements in advertising its driver assistance programs.