A Cincinnati woman is dead and three others injured, including an officer, when police say she drove the wrong way on Ronald Reagan Highway Saturday night and hit another car head-on.
Police say it was around 11:30 p.m. when 59-year-old Terri Lynn Hayes drove up the exit ramp to Hunt Road and went the wrong way on the highway.
They say Hayes was driving the wrong way for less than a quarter-mile when her Tesla struck another car head-on, injuring two of the passengers in that vehicle.
Investigators are playing dumb, given they know a huge change from everything that has ever happened before is… Tesla “driverless” is dumb and blind.
Police are still trying to determine why Hayes would enter the highway where she did. “The entrance ramp there is well marked and we’ve never had an issue there that I’m aware of where somebody’s went the wrong way,” said Capt. Pohlman
It’s only get worse for police unless the police start to prosecute Tesla and hold the car company accountable.
Perhaps the notable part of this newest Tesla crash is that so far no victim identification has been possible.
Just before 9 a.m., Thomas County deputies along with the Thomas Couty Fire Department and Georgia State Patrol responded to a wreck on U.S. 319 North near Merrillville Road, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post around 12:40 p.m. Monday. Deputies arrived and found a red Tesla vehicle fully engulfed in flames, according to TCSO. Two victims were found dead inside the vehicle, deputies said.
Update: this was yet another tragic “veered” crash into a tree, very typical of the Tesla mechanical, harware and software design defects:
On Dec. 23, Magarret Brion Smith, 35 and Karter Smith, 14, died in the crash when their Tesla struck a pecan tree, and became engulfed in flames.
The pace of Tesla crashes has alarmingly climbed to five times the rate of production, becoming known as the deadliest and most dangerous car on the road.
Key Observations: Data clearly shows that both serious incidents (orange line) and fatal incidents (pink line) are increasing at a steeper rate than the fleet size growth (blue line). This is particularly evident from 2021 onwards, where: Fleet size (blue) shows a linear growth of about 1x per year. Serious incidents (orange) show an exponential growth curve, reaching nearly 5x by 2024. Fatal incidents (pink) also show a steeper-than-linear growth, though not as dramatic as serious incidents. The divergence between the blue line (fleet growth) and the incident lines (orange and pink) indicates that incidents are indeed accelerating faster than the production/deployment of new vehicles. Source: NHTSA and Tesladeaths.com
Recent developments in Ukraine’s UGV deployments force us to confront an uncomfortable reality about Europe’s autonomous vehicle concentrations. The Grünheide facility and its adjacent storage areas near Berlin represent what military planners term a “dual-use capability concentration” — a euphemism that barely masks its strategic implications.
AI drones with high-explosive cluster munitions being stockpiled by a Tesla factory outside of Berlin, Germany. Source: Sean Gallup (Getty Images)
The positioning of thousands of networked, autonomous-capable vehicles within striking distance of a major European capital isn’t just a supply chain curiosity. It’s a potential force multiplier that would make Cold War military planners blush. Each vehicle represents roughly 2,000kg of mobile, precisely-controllable explosive chemical cluster bomblets, networked to a centralized command infrastructure. The mathematics of concentrated force here are stark.
While some might reference WWII motor pools, a more apt comparison is the pre-WWI railway mobilization networks. Like those railway timetables, modern autonomous vehicle networks represent a “use-it-or-lose-it” capability. The critical difference is that instead of requiring weeks of mobilization, modern software-defined vehicles can be repurposed almost instantaneously.
The Lyptsi victory over Russia just demonstrated exactly how UGVs can be effectively weaponized in rural terrain, but urban environments present an entirely different magnitude of potential.
The concentration of autonomous vehicles near Berlin isn’t just about industrial efficiency. It represents a latent capability that could, through software alone, transform from a commercial asset into something far more concerning. Unlike traditional military assets, these vehicles are already positioned in strategically significant locations, require no physical modification to repurpose, and can be activated simultaneously through existing command infrastructure.
From a historian’s perspective, the Ukrainian victory represents a watershed moment bearing similarities to the first deployment of tanks at the Battle of the Somme in 1916. While those early tanks were clumsy and unreliable, they signaled a fundamental shift in warfare. What we’re seeing now may be equally significant.
The widespread presence of connected autonomous vehicles in cities like Berlin represents an unprecedented network of potential dual-use technology, far surpassing previous examples of civilian-to-military conversion like Ford’s River Rouge plant during WWII. The key difference now is that infrastructure wouldn’t need physical modification — merely trivial software updates that the Tesla CEO promises (completely fraudulently) will always maintain accuracy in combat.
What’s particularly striking is the speed of adaptation versus the urgency of civilian defense. While it took years for armies to develop effective tank doctrine after WWI, we’re seeing tactical evolution happen in near real-time in Ukraine. The establishment of specialized units like Ukraine’s Typhoon unit suggests institutionalization of these capabilities, moving beyond ad hoc experimentation. This kind of organizational change historically presages major doctrinal shifts.
The Russians learned this lesson the hard way in Kharkiv. Urban warfare is no longer just about controlling physical space, but about controlling the networked assets within that space. The question isn’t whether such concentrations of autonomous vehicles represent a strategic concern — that much is evident from Ukraine. The question is how national security planners are adapting to this new reality of Tesla fleets developing rapidly into a clear and present threat.
A disused military airfield outside Berlin, as seen from satellite, filling up with Tesla autonomous vehicles awaiting command and control.
“Locally autonomous drone warfare,” Musk added, “is where the future will be.” Then he said, “I can’t believe I’m saying this, because this is dangerous, but it’s simply what will occur.”
The lights and heat are being turned down in Iran after they realize investing in Assad has left them vulnerable and unprepared for winter.
Despite boasting massive gas reserves, Iran is facing power blackouts and industrial shutdowns. Years of mismanagement and false priorities threaten to turn the country into an energy importer. […]
Karimi said Iran has spent billions of dollars over decades to prop up the Assad regime, including by supplying it with millions of barrels of crude for free. “Iran has reportedly spent over $25 billion on Syria, primarily through oil support,” she added. “This pattern of prioritizing regional alliances over infrastructure investment has left Iran’s energy sector in dire need of modernization.”
