US to probe Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ system after pedestrian killed

Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ system is being investigated by the US National Highway Safety Administration (Michel Euler/AP)

The US government’s road safety agency is again investigating Tesla’s “full self-driving” system, this time after getting reports of crashes in low-visibility conditions, including one that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Safety Administration says in documents that it opened the probe on Thursday after the company reported four crashes after Teslas entered areas of low visibility including sun glare, fog and airborne dust.