People are 'over-trusting' self-driving technology and getting into serious accidents, warns researcher | Business Insider

Missy Cummings warned that some drivers were"over-trusting" self-driving technology.Tesla CEO Elon Musk once said that Cummings was"extremely biased against Tesla."A researcher who Elon Musk once said was"extremely biased against Tesla" warned that drivers were"over-trusting" self-driving technology and getting into serious accidents that injure or even kill them.

She criticised the car companies for marketing the technology as"hands-free," and stressed that stricter regulations were needed. Cummings, who was a senior safety advisor at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration between 2021 and 2023, told The Times she felt she needed to speak out"because the technology is being abused by humans."that"Objectively, her track record is extremely biased against Tesla."

Musk's comments sparked online abuse and even death threats, one of which was investigated by police in Durham, North Carolina, where Cummings lived, The Times reported. . Tesla fans also started a petition calling on President Joe Biden to reconsider her appointment to the NHTSA, the outlet reported.

The NHTSA opened an investigation in August 2021 into a dozen incidents where Teslas that had Autopilot or Cruise Control turned on had collided with stationary emergency vehicles. A report released in June last year by the road-safety agency found that drivers usingCummings was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots. She told Bloomberg in 2021 that automation was commonplace in aviation but was"new learning for the automotive world.

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