They did address it, starting with software 8.0. See http://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-radar http://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autop

They did address it, starting with software 8.0. See http://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-radar http://www.tesla.com/blog/upgrading-autopilot-seeing-world-r... . Chances are that evidence will show that the vehicle detected the fire truck, gave audible warning, and then started braking. That's all if the driver had not disabled forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking. They are standard safety features and unless disabled are active during manual driving as well as when Autopilot is active. I don't work for Tesla, but I am very familiar with this type of technology and Tesla vehicles' owner manual descriptions of operation.