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State Trooper Rear-Ended By Tesla On 'Autopilot' On I-95 In Norwalk State Trooper Rear-Ended By Tesla On 'Autopilot' On I-95 In Norwalk
State Trooper Rear-Ended By Tesla On 'Autopilot' On I-95 In Norwalk A state patrol cruiser was among two vehicles hit by a Tesla driving in autopilot on a busy stretch of Interstate 95 in Fairfield County. It happened on Saturday morning, Dec. 7 on the northbound side near Exit 15 in Norwalk, Connecticut State Police said. Two police cars responded to a disabled vehicle in the left-center lane when the incident occurred. The troopers activated their emergency lights and set up a flare pattern behind the cruisers while waiting for a tow truck for the disabled vehicle. The Tesla, a 2018 Tesla Model 3, hit the disabled vehicle before striking the rear of…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says
Self-Driving Vehicles 'Have Long Way To Go' After Fatality, Blumenthal Says In the wake of a fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car in Arizona, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is calling on Congress to take steps to ensure autonomous vehicle technology can be implemented safely. Uber and other companies have been testing driverless cars for years in Arizona in an effort to move the technology forward. Over the weekend, one of those vehicles operated by Uber - with an emergency backup driver behind the wheel - struck and killed a woman on a street in Tempe, Ariz. Testing on the vehicles has since been suspended. In response to the fatal incident,…

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by Zak Failla