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Tesla was contacted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration with questions regarding a tweet from Elon Musk.
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A spokesperson for NHTSA confirmed that they have reached out to Tesla to obtain information on the Musk tweet.
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Musk said he would upgrade the driver-assist software to enable certain drivers to disable steering wheel warnings.
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This attracted the attention of NHTSA federal regulators.
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NHTSA's information gathering is part of a larger investigation into Tesla's Autopilot.
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This has been connected to more than a dozen accidents involving stationary emergency vehicles.
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Musk tweeted on December 31st that Tesla would release an over-the-air software update in January.
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Omar Qazi (a Tesla shareholder) requested that the driver monitoring warning be removed.