Tesla driver says he was asleep and using FSD when he crashed into highway patrol cars

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: California Highway Patrol" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/Screenshot-2026-10-16-at-4.42.00-PM.png?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">After this horrific crash involving a Tesla driver who said he was asleep and using the driver assist mode, the California Highway Patrol warns that "Despite its name, full self-driving is not fully autonomous. Technology does not relieve drivers of their responsibility to safely operate their vehicles."</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://x.com/CHP_HQ/status/2110891072620556448?s=20">Video released by CHP</a> shows the Tesla speeding past flares, cones, and emergency lights where officers were on the scene of an earlier accident, before ramming into the back of a parked patrol vehicle. CHP says two officers were seriously injured in the accident and taken to a hospital.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Two Solano CHP officers were seriously injured when …</p></blockquote></div></figure> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/transportation/1013280/tesla-chp-fsd-crash">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>