In January, an anonymous tipster sent the car news site Jalopnik video of a "dangerous idiot" apparently sleeping at the wheel of his Autopilot-driven Tesla Model X.
View the full video on Jalopnik.
In March, a Twitter user posted a video of a Tesla driver appearing to sleep at the wheel on a Los Angeles highway.
Dude is straight snoozing going 75mph on the interstate, letting his @Tesla do the work. 😳😴 pic.twitter.com/RQD2LBSnGh
— SETH BLAKE (@SethWageWar) March 4, 2019Dutch police stopped a Tesla driver in May who was allegedly sleeping behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol.
Read more about the Netherlands incident here.
In June, another Los Angeles driver was caught appearing to sleep while his Tesla drove down Interstate 405.
In August, another Twitter user recorded a driver who appeared to be asleep behind the wheel on Interstate 5 in Los Angeles.
@RalphNader Ralph can you do anything about stopping this disturbing phenomenon? My wife and I shot this video last week on the busy I-5 in LA. @Tesla #sleepingdrivers #unsafeatanyspeed pic.twitter.com/ADbpt0uSZ4
— Clint Olivier (@ClintOlivier) August 21, 2019A driver on the Massachusetts Turnpike appeared to doze off behind the wheel while his passenger was also asleep, a video posted to Twitter in September shows.
Some guy literally asleep at the wheel on the Mass Pike (great place for it).
Teslas are sick, I guess? pic.twitter.com/ARSpj1rbVn
