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FHP has released a photo of a gold Honda the agency believes was involved in a July 12 hit and run which left a 55-year-old injured.
The family of a young woman killed in the Florida Keys in 2019 when a Tesla ran a stop sign and plowed into a parked SUV she was standing next to on the other side of the road is arguing in a federal lawsuit that flaws with the electric car manufacturer’s Autopilot system were to blame for her death.
Interestingly, Florida isn’t alone in this campaign. Other southern states, including South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, are in on it too. Essentially, the south is a no-speeding zone for now. Florida is especially noteworthy, though, because it now has a super speeder law on the books.
Alexy Quedevo-Perez, the oldest of the three siblings, was killed in a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of Marion Oaks Boulevard and Marion Oaks Manor.
A dog famous for going nose to nose with Florida's invasive pythons and iguanas has died in a hunting accident, according to his owner Mike Kimmel, a professional tracker known as The Python Cowboy on social media. Otto was fatally struck by a car July 5 while chasing an iguana, a company spokesman told McClatchy News in an email.
The case, which stems from a deadly crash in 2019, raises broader questions about the safety of Tesla's driver-assistance systems, and whether the company has exaggerated their capabilities.