Category Archives: Security

TX Tesla Kills One in “Veered” Tree Crash

Teslas that have “veered” fatally into the trees have been a nonstop problem lately (no pun intended). Here’s another one:

A man died and a woman was injured after crashing their Tesla into a tree in a south Houston neighborhood, police said.

The crash happened around 11 p.m. in the 6600 block of Del Rio…

The car burst into fire and the passenger was saved by neighbors who were fortunate enough to not be killed by a Tesla on the loose near them.

A quick check of the accident scene suggests “Autopilot” may have been involved.

Perhaps steering or suspension parts failed catastrophically, as the Tesla is not known for its quality or handling. That’s what the investigation points towards, with images of the car “veered” into a tree along a straight and flat road. It could be that alone.

Source: ABC 13
Source: Houston Chronicle

The trees clearly prevented the Tesla from crashing into at least one home at 11pm, threatening local residents like a cruise missile (e.g. NY).

And on that note it’s hard not to question whether the driver had depended at all on centrally designed and controlled automation systems, which couldn’t handle such a very simple test. The circumstances are very similar to so many other (e.g. NC) recent “veered driverless” Tesla crashes.

Source: Google Streetview

2023 Tesla FSD Still Runs Red Lights, Drawing AG and DOJ Attention

For a long time now I’ve written here about Tesla’s failure to stop at red lights.

Florida police seem to describe the problem like a traffic pandemic, due to sudden rise in Tesla crashes they see every week.

Now the AG and DOJ allegedly are taking notice of a brand new video by an ex-Tesla AI staff member demonstrating Tesla safety failures are as bad as ever in 2023 if not getting worse.

Very clearly the Tesla drives through a solid red light. And very clearly the whole advertising campaign of FSD centered on the ability to react properly to signs and lights.

California‘s attorney general’s office followed up with Wester during the second quarter of 2023 to interview him regarding the complaint filed with the FTC [that he was misled by FSD marketing]. Additionally, the office’s consumer protection division this month sought information from a former unnamed Tesla employee who worked on the FSD program for an “unspecified but active investigation” into Tesla, according to the CNBC report. […] Full Self Driving is billed as a more advanced technology that supposedly can stop for stoplights and stop signs and make turns at intersections.

Billed? Yeah, advertised. And yet, as technology quality expert Dan O’Dowd just wrote in a letter to Congress, FSD is extremely likely to be proven a total fraud.

Under current law, there are no restrictions to placing any technology in vehicles, no matter how dangerous that technology may be.

CA Tesla “Veered” Off Highway Into Empty Campsite

An early morning Tesla, which usually suggests someone asleep at the wheel abusing their “Autopilot”, veered off a highway and crashed into an empty campsite.

In the early hours of the morning on July 27, a Tesla veered off the westbound lanes of the 10 freeway near the National exit in Palms, careening down an embankment and landing in an encampment at approximately 2:20 a.m.

Three individuals had to be extricated from the vehicle, and two were subsequently transported to a medical facility in fair condition.

Speculation is that the campsite would have suffered a mass casualty event, had it not been empty.

NC Tesla Kills One in Yet Another “Veered” Crash Into Trees

Tesla continue to “abruptly veer” their occupants fatally into trees, poles and other cars.

The fraud of “Autopilot” is suspected in a new NC crash, from a combination of hardware and software design defects.

Jillian Daly was operating her 2020 Tesla Model Y north on Westridge Road, according to the news release. She drove through the southbound lanes and off the roadway to the left, police said. The vehicle struck two large trees.

Daly was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Tuesday.

The news says she was operating the car before she inexplicably drove it into the trees, perhaps a subtle clue from investigators. Exiting a curbed and quiet Westridge Road in Greensboro at 9:30 am suggests someone alert yet under pressure — distracted morning commuter or shopper on mission — not sleeping or night racing.

And the two large trees probably saved lives by preventing this Tesla from crashing and exploding inside someone’s house instead.

Source: Google Maps
Source: Google Streetview

On that note the crash report reads to me like several other recent Autopilot disasters, including NY, FL, TX and CA. How many more “fans” of Tesla have to die like this?

What we know for certain is that Tesla after Tesla has suddenly killed people in “veered” circumstances. Some actually live to tell what it was like to have the Tesla robot try to murder them, such as a Michigan woman or, an Aussie man or a Californian man.

The car is basically an explosive loitering munition dumped into public use with faulty parts and bad code. The more Tesla on the road, the more disasters and death, with a direct causation unlike any other vehicle.

Source: Tesladeaths.com