red light

As he gained on Mrs Comins, he told officers he specifically remembered the red light on the rear of her bike.

Tesla is being investigated by the US government after reports the firm's self-driving cars had broken traffic laws, including driving on the wrong side of the road and not stopping for red lights.

The agency said it had identified several incidents in which FSD inputs created traffic-safety violations, including, most commonly, running red lights and changing lanes unsafely, sometimes giving drivers little time to intervene.

The investigation will assess the scope and safety consequences of FSD executing maneuvers that violate traffic safety, such as red light and lane changes into oncoming traffic.

It cited two scenarios: Cars traveling into an intersection on a red light and cars changing lanes into oncoming traffic.