Tesla's Autopilot engaged during Utah crash

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Highlights:

* Tesla Model S was going 60 mph, slammed into the back of a fire truck stopped at a red light

* car appeared not to brake before impact

* driver said that AutoPilot system was switched on and she had been looking at her phone

* Elon Musk tweeted it was "super messed up" that the incident is getting public attention, when so many other accidents don't

Tesla's autopilot seems to have a thing for fire trucks. Here's an earlier one https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/22/tesla-on-autopilot-sl...

While I'm sure self driving systems will save many lives overall there seems to be a bit of work needed here.