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This should make you feel good.Venture Williams Down Shift – Tesla is killing motorcyclists.Is the Tesla autopilot software not able to “see” motorcycles? In two recent event involving Tesla the apparent answer to that question is no.In July 2022 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sent investigation teams to two crashes where Tesla’s crashed into motorcycles on freeways in the darkness. Both were fatal.The first occurred 4:47 a.m. July 7 on State Route 91, a California freeway. A white Tesla Model Y was traveling east in the high occupancy vehicle lane. Ahead of the Tesla was a rider on a Yamaha V-Star motorcycle.The vehicles collided, and the unidentified motorcyclist was ejected from the Yamaha. He was pronounced dead at the scene by the Fire Department.The second crash happened about 1AM July 24 on Interstate 15 near Draper, Utah. A Tesla Model 3 was behind a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, also in an HOV lane. “The driver of the Tesla did not see the motorcyclist and collided with the back of the motorcycle, which threw the rider from the bike,” the Utah Department of Public Safety said in a prepared statement.The motorcyclist was pronounced died at the scene.From 2016 to now the NHTSA has investigated 39 crashes involving autopilot features 30 of which were Tesla. The Tesla’s involved 19 deaths. My Take – Not sure why it is taking so long to issue a recall for this autopilot feature? Tesla is taking the brunt of the investigations but is that because they are worse than the other manufactures or because there are more Tesla’s on the road.My recommendation…. If you see a Tesla coming up behind you, get out of the way. There is no way to know if the dummy driving the car is on autopilot or not.