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Police Say Tesla Driverless “Looked At” Because Crash Into Donut Shop

For years we have seen police reluctant to admit driverless technology is at fault in Tesla crashes.

Leave it to a damaged donut shop to turn police sentiment against the defective car maker.

Police in Middletown Twp., Bucks County said that a “self driving issue” was being looked at as the cause for a single accident on the 900 block of South Woodbourne Road. A Tesla operated by a New Jersey resident plowed into the side of a Dunkin Donuts, at the corner of Trenton and Woodbourne Road.

Since 2016 hundreds have died, thousands have been injured, and many more are still grieving… yet the threat to donut safety is what finally pushed Tesla driverless software under more appropriately harsh scrutiny?

The two donut shop workers in this latest Tesla driverless crash suffered only minor injuries. The uniquely Tesla explosive battery design fortunately did not ignite upon impact. And yet, police say they “looked at” driverless, finally.

The tone is a notable escalation from just five months ago, when a Tesla that destroyed a donut shop in Long Island didn’t even make the news.

Source: Reddit

AZ Tesla Kills One Motorcyclist

A 19-year old motorbike rider was killed by a Tesla, casting doubt again on Elon Musk’s comments for over a decade that his implementation of AI in cars will prevent crashes with bikes.

The Maricopa Police Department said officers and Maricopa Fire/Medical crews were dispatched about 7 p.m. Halloween night to the two-vehicle collision. Witnesses believed a black Tesla was involved. Investigators determined a motorcycle and a sedan collided, throwing the rider from the bike. He suffered significant injuries and was pronounced dead en route to a Valley hospital.

AZ Tesla Kills One in Rear-end Crash

The details may be interesting in this Arizona case, which seems similar to some other recent Tesla “stopped in the road” crashes. So far we know a Tesla at 3am suddenly was hit by a huge truck from behind.

The driver of a Tesla sedan died early Friday morning in a car crash reported on the Loop 202 freeway.

The Arizona Department of Public Safety said the two-vehicle collision was reported on Oct. 31 at about 3 a.m. near the Dobson Road exit in the East Valley.

The crash involved a Tesla sedan being rear-ended by a Ford F350 pickup truck in the eastbound lanes, DPS said. The driver of the Tesla vehicle died at the scene.

Earlier this month in Florida a fatally stopped Tesla was not explained.