MP raises concerns over Tesla autopilot software

During Prime Ministers' Questions today, SNP MP Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) raised the subject of a constituent of his having a bad experience with "a Tesla in autopilot mode" with "software still in beta phase but deemed suitable for cars on public roads."

He asked the PM for a meeting to "discuss problems with Tesla's autopilot, and to instigate an urgent critical safety review in terms of its suitability for operation and the licensing of it."

Replying, the Prime Minister expressed sympathy for the experience that his constituent had undergone and ensured him of a meeting for the MP with the Transport Secretary to discuss the safe regulation of autonomous and self-driving vehicles.