Tesla disables gaming while driving feature

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Passengers are supposed to play games in the car.

The passenger play feature allowed games to be played on the screen of the car while it was in motion.

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation.

The agency said that it had been told that a software update would make the feature useless.

Musk's car firm was criticized for having a feature that was dangerous.

The New York Times reported that the NHTSA had been contacted by the electric car maker.

The agency told the paper that passenger play will be locked when the vehicle is in motion.

There is no formal statement from the company on the matter.

The NHTSA said that passenger play may distract the driver and increase the risk of a crash.

There was nothing that could be done to prevent a driver from using the game on the car's screen.

The feature was only usable when the car was stationary, but it was changed in December 2020 to allow it to be used when the car is moving.

The change was noticed by one of the owners of the car, who filed a complaint with the NHTSA.

The NHTSA noted that the feature may distract the driver and increase the risk of a crash when it opened its inquiry.

The guidelines state that in-car devices can't be used by the driver to perform inherently distracted secondary tasks.

In the month of February, it was reported that 3,142 road deaths were caused by distracted drivers.

In August, the agency launched an investigation after a dozen cars using the feature crashed into parked emergency vehicles.

The system is also being reviewed.

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