Why the need to call out the car?
Man who died in fiery Malibu Canyon crash of Tesla is 53-year-old from Calabasas
Sad he died.
Man who died in fiery Malibu Canyon crash of Tesla is 53-year-old from Calabasas
Sad he died.
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Perhaps because he is, to my knowledge, only the third person ever to die in a Tesla. The other two are the guy who stole one and wrapped it around a pole at 90MPH, and another guy who went ballistic over a cliff on Hwy 1, possibly deliberately. All in California. So, statistically, once you get your Tesla out of California you should be totally safe, right? BTW, the pole wrapper was thrown out of the car, suggesting that he wasn't belted in. Even then, he survived the accident (for a while) to the surprise of authorities.
Stolen: Driver of stolen Tesla that crashed, split in 2, dies
Cliff: Marin County driver who died in crash off | The Press Democrat
Gabzqc
Member
Would AutoPilot prevent the car veering out of the lane and off the cliff? Perhaps just slowed down to a stop in the lane instead...
breser
AutoPilot Nostradamus
If the driver has a firm grip on the wheel, I doubt Autopilot would help, even after the self steering modules are released. Current generation systems are designed to allow the driver to override them, on the theory that the driver knows better - I don't see how the car would know the difference between a seizure and a deliberate driver override.
Walter
Sleepiness detection systems are now quite common. The same technology could be used for seizures and strokes. Not sure if any car has it actually implemented yet.
deonb
Active Member
Fourth - Peter Kleis drove into a ditch:
http://charitysmith.org/memorial-funds/peter-kleis/
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/showthread.php/42302-New-Tesla-Fatality-Single-Car-Accident
Electricfan
Active Member
Well, one reason would be if the car was one of the early-roll-out-of-auto-steering vehicles. Was it? Elon said "late June" it would be happening. Could this have been one of them? Sure as heck hope not, but we need to know.
deonb
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Electricfan
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mikeash
Active Member
Because details are interesting to people.
I just did a Google News search for "car crash." One headline reads, "2 killed when BMW flips in Mount Vernon." Why the need to call out the BMW? "17-year-old suffers brain injury in Long Island car crash." Why mention the age? "Teen driver dies after Newport Beach car crash." Age and location there, neither of which are necessary.
People need to get less paranoid about details in news stories. If you took out all the details you'd be left with "Stuff Happened."
EarlyAdopter
Active Member
So we're now at a total of 4 fatalities in the Model S in 1 billion miles. 2 weren't wearing seatbelts and 2 drove over cliffs. All 4 were single car accidents.
Remarkable that no one has died in a collision with another vehicle.
Remarkable that no one has died in a collision with another vehicle.
My goodness people can be quite mad:
Probably best-asked in one of the threads discussing it.
Probably best-asked in one of the threads discussing it.
EarlyAdopter
Active Member
LOL. Yeah, particularly when Toyota and Diamler DO "build Teslas" (RAV4EV and B Class Electric), and Porsche has several models with "ultra powerful electric motors."
iKhalid
Member
My condolences to the owner's family. I hate that type of roads, especially when they don't have fences.
Out of curiosity, would an ICE burn like that?
Out of curiosity, would an ICE burn like that?
deonb
Active Member
Wow, if you click on that nutcases's name and look through the rest of his comments - he has 300 posts all over the web where he almost exclusively seeks out articles about Tesla and trashes it. Has been going on for 7 months.
He seems to be owning a Panamera Turbo S. Maybe his motivation is that he's upset that he spent so much money on his Porche and now he gets it handed to him by an EV?
rpo
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