Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot avoids crash in near-miss caught on dashcam

Accidents involving Tesla vehicles on Autopilot often get reported in the media, but we don't hear a lot about the accidents that didn't happen because of Autopilot since it's not as exciting when virtually nothing happened – though it's arguably just as important. Now we have a good example with a Tesla Model 3 on Autopilot avoiding a crash in near-miss caught on a dashcam. Tesla's Autopilot technology comes with a suite of crash avoidance features including side collision avoidance, which can alert the driver of a collision risk and even brake and steer away from a crash if it believes it to be safe to do so. That's exactly what a Model 3 owner believes happened in a near-miss caught on camera. "Close call while cruising on the highway along with traffic when an idiot who was speeding and cutting everyone off almost sideswiped us with kid inside. Autopilot was engaged and started to brake and moved us to the right lane to avoid a collision. I guess it detected no vehicles on the right of us and I took over and powered out to steer us back into the original lane in front of that idiot. Be safe out there and always be alert even with Autopilot engaged and watch out for idiot drivers."