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A man was found asleep behind the wheel of a self-driving car as it rolled down the center lane of I-91 in Connecticut at just 30 mph early Friday morning, April 18, according to state police.
Guido Reinoso-Gallegos, 19, of Garden City, New York, faces multiple charges from the incident, Connecticut State Police said.
Police in Hartford received several 911 calls around 12:30 a.m. from drivers concerned about the slow-moving Tesla causing hazardous conditions for other drivers. Some reported seeing the driver “slumped over and presumably asleep behind the wheel.”
Troopers located the car in the center lane of the highway in Wethersfield, where it was traveling at about 30 mph with its hazard lights on. They also observed the driver “slumped over, and presumably asleep behind the wheel while the vehicle was driving," a police report said.
After speaking with Reinoso-Gallegos, troopers noted “several signs of impairment." He also failed a field sobriety test.
Reinoso-Gallegos was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle at too slow a speed, and reckless endangerment in the second degree, officials said.
He was released on a $1,500 bond, police said.
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