Tesla has no plans to disable autopilot mode as third recent crash is revealed

Another accident involving Tesla's autopilot system has been reported, this time in Montana when a Model X veered off the road and hit a post. Early on Sunday morning on a highway near Whitehall, a Tesla veered off to the right into a wooden guardrail, according to the Detroit Free Press, stopping the car before it left the road. The driver told a highway patrol officer that the car's driver assist feature had been engaged. Tesla on Tuesday said data suggested that the driver's hands were not on the wheel when the accident occurred. The company confirmed that the driver had enabled autosteer on an undivided mountain road, a Tesla spokesperson said in a short statement, adding that it is looking into the crash. "No force was detected on the steering wheel for over two minutes after autosteer was engaged," Tesla said, adding that it was contrary to the system's terms of use.