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Tesla: Model X Accident Caused By Driver Error, Not Autopilot (computerworld.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Tesla has responded to a recent report from a Model X owner claiming their vehicle suddenly accelerated at "maximum speed" by itself, jumped a curb and slammed into the side of a building while his wife was sitting behind the wheel. They said it analyzed vehicle logs, "which confirm that this Model X was operating correctly under manual control and was never in Autopilot or cruise control at the time of the incident or in the minutes before. Data shows that the vehicle was traveling at 6 mph when the accelerator pedal was abruptly increased to 100%. Consistent with the driver's action, the vehicle applied torque and accelerated as instructed. Safety is the top priority at Tesla and we engineer and build our cars with this foremost in mind. We are pleased that the driver is ok and ask our customers to exercise safe behavior when using our vehicles." When will people stop lying about Tesla's Autopilot mode crashing their cars? One Tesla owner recently filed a Lemon Law claim against the company over a high number of quality control issues.
especially not 45 year old wives.
Pretty outrageously sexist and ageist comment there. Especially not 45 year old wives? Because ladies can't be Engineers, and if they were, they'd certainly not be married, and presumably even if they were both of these, they'd evaporate on their 44th birthday because God abhors an old, married, female engineer.
"heels", dumbfuck.
There's nothing preventing "45 year old wives" from knowing something about the machines they operate.
Really? Have you met many 45 year old wives?
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