In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a preliminary analysis into 2017-2022 Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y automobiles over the car’s “Passenger Play” characteristic.
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US auto security regulators on Tuesday stated they’ve sought further info from Tesla Inc in its probe into 580,000 automobiles over the automaker’s resolution to permit video games to be performed by passengers on the entrance heart touchscreen. In December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a preliminary analysis into 2017-2022 Tesla Model 3, S, X, and Y automobiles over the car’s “Passenger Play” characteristic the company stated “may distract the driver and increase the risk of a crash.”
NHTSA desires furnish information of any crash studies tied to the characteristic and for Tesla to a chronology of occasions and research supporting its threat evaluation “in employment of front seat non-driving related tasks from in-vehicle based devices even if the task is intended only for front seat passenger.”
Tesla didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark
NHTSA stated in December it has “confirmed that this capability has been available since December 2020 in Tesla ‘Passenger Play’-equipped vehicles.” Before then, the sport characteristic “was enabled only when the vehicle was in park.”
On Dec. 23, Tesla advised NHTSA it will cease permitting video video games to be performed on car screens whereas its automobiles are shifting, the company stated.
Tesla knowledgeable NHTSA a software program replace will lock the “Passenger Play” characteristic and make it unusable when the car is in movement, NHTSA stated.
NHTSA requested Tesla to reply questions by March 4 together with offering “trip counts in which game use occurred while the shift indicator was in drive” and embody utilization the place car sensors didn’t detect an occupant within the entrance passenger seat. It additionally desires knowledge the place “gameplay was concurrent with any driver intervention measures or active safety measures.”
The company in August opened a security investigation into 765,000 Tesla automobiles over its driver-assistance system Autopilot after a collection of crashes involving the system and parked emergency automobiles.
A preliminary analysis is a primary step earlier than NHTSA decides whether or not to improve a probe to an engineering evaluation, which should occur earlier than the company can demand a recall.
On Nov. 29, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz recalled 227 US automobiles as a result of the car infotainment programs “might allow activation of the television and internet display while driving, causing a distraction for the driver.”
In 2013, NHTSA issued pointers to encourage automakers “to factor safety and driver distraction-prevention into their designs and adoption of infotainment devices in vehicles.”
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