The U.S. launches investigation into Tesla allowing drivers play video games

Key takeaways: 

• The probe wraps nearly 580,000 automobiles.
• Vince Patton, a recent Tesla owner, shows on Dec. 8, 2021, on a shut practice in Portland, Ore., how he can play video games on the car’s console while driving. 
• The U.S. has unlocked a legal probe into a statement that Tesla cars let individuals play video games on a centre touch screen while they are driving. 

Tesla allows their drivers to play video games: 

The U.S. has unlocked a legal probe into Tesla permitting drivers to play video games on a centre touch screen while its automobiles are moving.

The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wraps almost 580,000 electric cars and SUVs from model years 2017 through 2022.

It arrives after the agency acquired an objection that Teslas provided with “gameplay functionality” to permit gaming to be allowed on the screens while automobiles are being moved. Source – cbc.ca

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In a record posted Wednesday on its website, the agency states the feature called “Passenger Play” may divert the driver and raise the chance of a collision. Source – cbc.ca

The agency’s Office of Defects Investigation stated in the document that the game ability has been open since December of 2020. Before that date, the games could only be played while the Teslas were in the park.

The investigation, which wraps all four Tesla models — the S, X, Y and 3 — was extended “to evaluate the driver distraction potential of Tesla ‘Passenger Play’ while the automobile is being moved.” Investigators “will evaluate aspects of the feature, including the commonness and use scenarios of Tesla ‘Passenger Play.'” An analysis can guide to a recall. A letter was left early Wednesday pursuing a comment from Tesla, which has separated its media connections department. Source – cbc.ca