A Tesla owner’s dashcam has captured the moment the car apparently steered itself away from a truck that was veering into its path.
If genuine, the incident and its outcome is a ringing endorsement for active safety technologies and might make the prospect of driverless vehicles less daunting for many motorists.
Joshua Brown was driving his Model S down the Jennings Freeway in the US state of Ohio when a cherry-picker that had merged from the left hand side suddenly veered across three lanes to the right while aiming for an off-ramp.