Just hours after Tesla’s robotaxis began accepting their first paying customers in Austin, Texas, the United States’ top traffic safety agency had already picked up the phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed on Monday its contact with Elon Musk’s company requesting details about a series of incidents that quickly appeared on video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Less than two weeks ago, islaBit announced<\/a> the debut of the robotaxi in Austin, which managed to record the drivers on the roads. But the service has only just begun, although for now it is confined to a specific area of \u200b\u200bthe Texas capital and is receiving close attention from citizens and authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The situation, in short, has quickly become a reality. Anomalous behavior by the autonomous vehicles can be seen in various recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the most talked-about videos shows a robotaxi crossing into the oncoming lane and driving for several seconds before correcting its path<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In another video, filmed from an adjacent car, the Tesla vehicle is seen braking sharply and unexpectedly on two consecutive occasions just after passing a police car, on a road where it should have been maintaining a constant speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFederal oversight and a strictly controlled deployment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n