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Ridgewood NJ, the NTSB warns , kids don’t try this at home. US auto-safety regulators have a message for Tesla owners intending to use their children to test automated-driving technology: Don’t.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it uses controlled procedures and “it could be highly dangerous for anyone to attempt to test vehicle technologies on their own.” The statement comes in response to recent tweets from Tesla owners appearing to show a child used in a test of a vehicle’s so-called Full Self Driving mode.
“No one should risk their life, or the life of anyone else, to test the performance of vehicle technology,” the agency said. “Consumers should never attempt to create their own test scenarios or use real people, and especially children, to test the performance of vehicle technology.”
The NTSB warning came after Tweets featuring a 10-minute video showing the interior of a Tesla vehicle parked on a residential street as the occupant tests the self-driving mode. At one point, a child is shown standing in the street as the vehicle begins moving slowly and then comes to a stop before reaching the child.
In its statement Wednesday, NHTSA repeated its refrain that “no vehicle available for purchase today is capable of driving itself.”