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Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, pure conjecture on my part. I just know Elon is as close to a Bond villain as it gets, they have released misleading reports for years, their fatal accident ratings are atrocious, Elon fired regulators that oversee his business, Tesla has lied about missing crash data, and there's a fair amount of open lawsuits involving safety (some from whistleblowers).

Just saying accidental acceleration would be an easier pill to swallow if it was any other car brand.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's not accidental acceleration, though. The driver had the accelerator pressed 100%.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    You can't gather intent necessarily from the data. Someone else also suggested they mistook the accelerator for the brake. No reports seem to mention if the driver was impaired but I doubt it's normal for someone to attempt vehicular suicide stone-cold sober

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