It’s been reported today that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has started gathering info on the handful of minor accidents and near misses that have happened while using Smart Summon: https://www.reuters.com/article/tesla-safety-nhtsa/update-1-u-s-auto-safety-agency-notes-tesla-accidents-with-smart-summon-feature-idUSL2N26N1AN
NHTSA says they’re in contact with Tesla about this. If we continue to see a steady stream of reports of crashes while using Smart Summon it’s possible that NHTSA could act and require Tesla to either scale Smart Summon back or even temporarily disable it until Tesla can improve the reliability of the feature. What do all of you think? Will NHTSA or some other regulatory agency do anything about this? Personally I hope that NHTSA just gives Tesla some sort of stern warning but doesn’t force them to nerf or disable Smart Summon.
NHTSA says they’re in contact with Tesla about this. If we continue to see a steady stream of reports of crashes while using Smart Summon it’s possible that NHTSA could act and require Tesla to either scale Smart Summon back or even temporarily disable it until Tesla can improve the reliability of the feature. What do all of you think? Will NHTSA or some other regulatory agency do anything about this? Personally I hope that NHTSA just gives Tesla some sort of stern warning but doesn’t force them to nerf or disable Smart Summon.