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    Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misuse of its Autopilot tech

    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2020 3 minutes

    The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board slammed Tesla and unnamed "government regulators" for jeopardizing traffic safety by not taking measures to prevent "foreseeable abuse" of Tesla's Autopilot driver-assist feature.

    Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the NTSB, led off a board meeting Tuesday focused on a March 2019 fatal crash of a Tesla Model X that killed the driver, Walter Huang. Huang had Autopilot engaged and crashed into a safety barrier while playing a video game on his Apple smartphone, Sumwalt said.

    "Government regulators have provided scant

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