Autopilot kills again? Too early to tell but initial reports of high speed and failure to obey signs certainly point that way. Yuma police said a 27-year-old man driving a 2022 Tesla was driving eastbound on County 16th Street at a high rate of speed and did not stop at the stop sign at Avenue … Continue reading AZ Tesla Blows Stop Sign and Kills One
BZ-Berlin has posted a report called “Todesfalle Tesla!” on a German court case, regarding a 2022 Tesla crash that trapped and killed two young women. (Translation by me) Hersteller Tesla saß unsichtbar mit auf der Anklagebank. Denn nach dem Aufprall hatte die automatische Türentriegelung versagt, stellte der Gutachter fest. Folge: Die hinteren Türen ließen von … Continue reading German Court Details How The “Deathtrap Tesla” Kills So Many People
I wrote about the new Minnesota pedestrian death, and then the new California pedestrian death, so now here’s the news from NY to bring it all together for 2024. A Tesla taxi mowed down a pedestrian while “on autopilot” in a busy New York City street Thursday night, the driver has claimed. This crash is … Continue reading NY Tesla Taxi Autopilot Kills Pedestrian
A truck has been charged with reckless driving after a Tesla drove under its trailer. Teodoro, 57, of Remington, was behind the wheel of his Tesla, traveling north on James Madison Highway at about 6:31 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, when he struck the side of a tractor-trailer truck pulling out of the Quarles truck stop, … Continue reading VA Tesla Crash Under Trailer Kills One