Tesla crash victim once praised Autopilot for saving his life

In a bizarre twist of fate, the first known fatality involved with a Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged was the same man who posted a video to YouTube back in early April showing what he described as the semi-autonomous driving system avoiding a collision.

Joshua Brown, the man the Florida Highway Patrol identified as the victim of the fatal Tesla Model S crash on Wednesday, had previously posted a video of his Model S narrowly being sideswiped by a truck. At the time, his car had Autopilot engaged. Brown alleged that the system saved the car, since he "wasn't watching that direction." Read more...