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The case concerns A A fatal accident in March 2018, when a Tesla with Autopilot crashed into a freeway barrier near Mountain View, California. After being confused by what the company's lawyers described in court documents as a “faint, almost obliterated” lane line.
Walter Huang, father of two children and An Apple engineer on his morning commute was allegedly playing a game on his phone while a Tesla drove itself down US 101.
His car on Autopilot veered off a “dull, almost obliterated” lane line and then began following a sharper line to the left, putting him in the path of the highway safety barrier that separates 101 from the state Route 85 exit, documents show, while traveling at 71 mph. per hour.
Huang, 38, was killed. An investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board later pointed to Tesla's failure to limit the use of Autopilot in such conditions as a contributing factor: the company admitted to the National Transportation Safety Board that Autopilot was designed for areas with “clear lane markings.”
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