Reading new Tesla horrific crash reports daily, they regularly involve a man in his 20s losing control, harming society and forcing expensive cleanup by others.
Troopers from the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) reports that a 25-year-old man from St. Petersburg was driving a white Tesla Model 3 sedan southbound on I-275 at high speed.
Near the 16 Milepost, approaching the Skyway Bridge, he lost control of the vehicle. The car left the roadway, entered the shoulder, collided with a drainage pond, and overturned into the mangroves.
The unrestrained driver was ejected from the vehicle and thrown into the Gulf of Mexico. A passing boater retrieved him and delivered him to the Maximo Park boat ramp.
Wheels torn off the car, as it ripped a huge gash through the mangrove, then needing a boat rescue from the Gulf… is indicative of just how stupidly far over the speed limit this Tesla was going relative to how little control it had.
And the news further speculates whether a passenger was also lost in the violent crash, as if the massive expense and uncertainty of accounting for human lives (trucks, ladders, drones, divers) is just a footnote to Tesla design flaws and catastrophic robot failures.
Initial reports indicated that a second occupant may have been in the vehicle. Crews searched the waterway and utilized air assets to look for another victim. No other victims were located.
Death of passengers caused by aggressive young male Tesla drivers is an increasing problem, perhaps exemplified by the infamous New Zealand court case.
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High speed loss of control, wheels falling off, smashing into trees… it’s the same story almost daily wherever a Tesla robot is allowed to operate.
26 year-old Gabriel Flesche was arrested … following a vehicle accident at the intersection of 11th Avenue North and Grundy Street on July 21st. When officers arrived, they noticed a badly wrecked Tesla Model 3 missing its front tire [after he lost] control of his vehicle, striking a light pole, and striking multiple trees along the side of the road.