Man Dead After Tesla Collides With 9 Vehicles in New Haven

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[–]IMissPorn 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The wording of that headline is very weird. It seems to put the blame on the car instead of the driver.

Unless the accident was autopilot related that doesn't make any sense, yet the article itself makes no mention of autopilot.

[–]passionflounderPaper tiger[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It's a question of the level of propaganda in a news story.

[–]IMissPorn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yep. Now that Elon Musk is officially disfavored, I suppose "Teslas will kill you" is the angle they want to push.

[–]passionflounderPaper tiger[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He's thinking outside the globalist mandated propaganda box which can be quite dangerous.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

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He's not White, so it can't be his fault.

[–]Brewdabier 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

And that's why the manual and sales people tell you the driver must be in control at all times.

https://www.npr.org/2022/01/18/1073857310/tesla-autopilot-crash-charges

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I will never support Tesla.

[–]passionflounderPaper tiger[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Part of the investigation will include a mechanical inspection of the Tesla.

Was it driving autonomously?

[–]StillLessons 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's the obvious question, but given the way the story was written, this sounds more like a drunk driver than a Tesla autopilot crash. Granted this is NBC, so it's as likely garbage as not, but the scenario rings of an impaired driver to me.

This is anything but a justification or an endorsement of Tesla's (or anybody else's) automated driving system. I think they should all be scrapped and banned yesterday. Automated driving is a really stupid idea, and there are plenty of examples where these systems are causing dangerous wrecks. This one, however, doesn't sound like one of them.