If this story sounds familiar, it should. But no, this isn’t déjà vu. Yesterday we told you about how a Tesla driver had been fined for allegedly sleeping behind the wheel on Highway 1 in North Vancouver.
Today, police have released video of yet another incident. This time it happened on August 27 at around 7:45 a.m., during the morning rush hour on Highway 1 near 248 Street in Langley.
According to B.C. Highway Patrol, an officer was travelling to a priority call when he passed a Tesla and noticed the man behind the wheel with his eyes closed and both hands off the steering wheel.
The officer diverted from the original call and pulled the Tesla over.
“The police officer’s observations and his Body Worn Camera appeared to show the Tesla driver was asleep, though the driver claimed otherwise,” said Sergeant Michael McLaughlin with BC Highway Patrol. “This traffic stop took a valuable resource away from another police call. If drivers would stop sleeping behind the wheel, we could go help people who need us more.”
The driver was handed a $368 ticket for driving without due care and attention, along with an $81 fine for failing to produce a driver’s licence.
Nap on your couch? Sounds like a plan.
— BC Highway Patrol (@BCHwyPatrol) September 3, 2026
Sleep in your car? That’s a $368 dollar ticket.
A Langley driver is the latest person in BC to put others at risk by sleeping in heavy traffic.https://t.co/1Ob6KvJtlf pic.twitter.com/UUE51Ek6pA
Other officers were ultimately able to respond to the original call, which involved a man with an extensive police history walking on the highway.
This is now the fifth separate incident involving an allegedly inattentive Tesla driver reported in B.C. this year.
In March, a Model Y driver was ticketed after allegedly appearing asleep on Highway 1 in Coquitlam. A West Kelowna driver was then caught reading documents while using Full Self-Driving (FSD) in July. That same month, another driver was filmed apparently asleep between Golden and Revelstoke.
Then on Wednesday, police revealed a fourth incident in which witnesses recorded a Tesla driver allegedly asleep on Highway 1 in North Vancouver on August 11.
Not to sound like a broken record, but Tesla’s FSD (and Autopilot) is a Level 2 driver-assistance system. Regardless of how capable the technology may be, the driver remains responsible for staying awake, attentive and ready to take control.
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