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As opposed to human drivers?

This is a good opportunity to remind everyone that a human driver crashed at the exact same spot as the Tesla in Mountain View eleven days before.

Yes, the Tesla Autopilot needs a lot of work. But humans aren't perfect either.

That is scary indeed, but not necessarily a shady deal.
I carried out the same search you did (only later saw your link ooops) and while the majority of newspapers have articles showing that line (landing pages for paywalls included), there were others with a more detailed narrative. It appears to me that the Associated Press is the primary source, reporting on what went on on Iranian TV where their president did make that statement, obviously with some qualifiers and some outline of his next steps.

Here are two links that use the AP report but actually expand on the clickbaiting headline:
exhibit A
exhibit B

I don't know if these newspapers are distasteful or propaganda machines like RT, Daily Mail and Fox, so sorry if you have to wash your eyes and floss your brain after following the links :S.
It could be that AP has different prices for different access to their reports. Everyone and their dog decided that quoting that headline unchanged was a useful thing (thus contributing to that viral effect that creeped us both out) , but only a subset of news sources went with the full report.

Live coverage as of about 1:30pm PDT.

According to ABC news: http://abc7news.com/automotive...

The driver had complained about trouble with his car to Tesla before the fatal crash:

"Walter Huang's family tells Dan Noyes he took his Tesla to the dealer, complaining that -- on multiple occasions -- the auto-pilot veered toward that same barrier -- the one his Model X hit on Friday when he died."

If his Tesla has a history of doing something reckless, why would he re-enable it? Why would he also not have your hands on the wheel?
Why didn't Tesla analyzed the data in his car when he reported this to see what was going on? Seems like it would have been a pretty simple check: Did the car attempt to steer the car towards the barrier or not?

It’s hard for someone who really wants to believe in the technology to get that it’s a death trap. If the car repeatedly vears towards a safety barrier with this feature engaged why isn’t there a mass recall to deactivate said feature?

The driver had complained about trouble with his car to Tesla before the fatal crash:

"Walter Huang's family tells Dan Noyes he took his Tesla to the dealer, complaining that -- on multiple occasions -- the auto-pilot veered toward that same barrier -- the one his Model X hit on Friday when he died."

If his Tesla has a history of doing something reckless, why would he re-enable it? Why would he also not have your hands on the wheel? Why didn't Tesla analyzed the data in his car when he reported this to see what was going on? Seems like it would have been a pretty simple check: Did the car attempt to steer the car towards the barrier or not?

In the SF Bay Area -- as many here know -- the local media has been covering a recent uptick in electronic device theft (iPhones and iPads of course) on BART. TFS is reporting these types of thefts are down, but not on BART.

I hate to be "that guy", but for fucks sakes, put the fucking thing away when you're on BART (or any public transit) and pay attention to your surroundings. Why do we have to tell people this? Many of these thefts are grab and dash right when the doors are about to close. That nimrod standing right by the door, headphones on, staring at the screen..? You're a mark.

3 Groups filed briefs as far back as 2005 requesting that California update the overflow spillway as part of the re certification process. The overflow was found not to meet standards and caused risk. California put 0 money into the issue and ignored it. But hey, we got more welfare and crony projects like the Bullet-CrazyTrain. http://abc7news.com/news/repor...

BART has had 40 years to save and plan for maintenance and upgrades and has utterly and completely failed to do so. Now that they have suddenly figured out that stuff wears out, they want 3.5 billion more.

They're up to $10 billion now.

To be fair from the vids we have been seeing lately the biggest danger to Uber drivers isn't other drivers or getting in a wreck, its the passengers.

Here, now you know how to fish.

Australia's robbery rate is about half (55%) that of the US, overall murder rate is about 1/4.

        http://www.nationmaster.com/co...

And I'll just throw this out there, last night in my town, someone not only managed to shoot himself in the foot, but the same bullet seriously injured a 9 year old neighbor:

        http://abc7news.com/news/san-j...

For all your "It never happens!" crap there are daily documented cases.

Show me the evidence. Cite me these "daily documented cases" of grandmothers and disabled people defending themselves with guns. Go ahead. I'll wait.

Well, wouldn't want to keep "Your Snarky-ness' waiting. Here you go. Google supplies many, many, many more.

Intruder shot by 73-year-old: http://www.cbs46.com/story/263...

84-year-old Richmond woman shoots intruder: http://abc7news.com/archive/79...

82-year-old woman kills 2 teens who broke into her home: http://news.aazah.com/content/...

'Not Here': 53-year-old woman shoots intruder: http://dailycaller.com/2014/07...

Yeah, go ahead, take away Grandma's only effective defense. Humoring your hoplophobia is much more important than Grandma's life, after all, right?

I don't typically resort to name-calling, but in this case I must call it like I see it and point out that you, Sir, are a moron.

Strat

This funding will complete the purchase of a Doppler Radar system for Southwest Washington and provide for the land and installation costs associated with the system.

The cost of the "expensive" earthquake early warning system is around the cost of 5 Doppler systems. As of 2013 the National Weather service has access to 159 Doppler installations.

In addition to the 122 NWS-owned radars, the full nationwide radar network includes another 37 radar sites owned by the FAA and Defense Department, which will be completely upgraded to dual-pol technology this summer. NOAA’s NEXRAD radar program is a tri-agency effort with NOAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the United States Air Force.

Note that the national radar network is being upgraded to high end Doppler for tornado and severe storm detection. So why do those in the Midwest, Gulf Coast and East Coast deserve early warning on tornadoes and California gets peanuts ($5,000,000) for the inevitable large earthquake? Politics.

Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) can't explain why more money wasn't approved.

"It's inexplicable given how much we have at stake here. Obviously these have been very tough budgetary times, but if you're going to invest in something that is significant down the road, this is about the best investment you can make," he said.

Japan, Mexico, Turkey and Mongolia already have similar systems in place.

So they can afford this in Mongolia and it's too much for California? Really?

Yes I'm sure this has never happened to a private company or multiple major financial institutions, or academic institutions, or security companies or IT companies.

Major financial institutions, academic institutions, security companies, and IT companies don't force us under penalty of law to use their wares and put our personal confidential information at risk. Furthermore, few if any of them have managed to create something of such colossal expense, enormous failure, corruption, and risk we see now.

Yes I'm sure this has never happened to a private company or multiple major financial institutions, or academic institutions, or security companies or IT companies.

Oh wait.

It's also happened fairly recently before the game came out, warning people about the city being closed because it's too hot, zombies, and GODZILLA.