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I feel compelled to point out that usually, the story develops the other direction - from: "Autopilot crashes car, kills family!" to (with much less fanfare):
by tnmom 2y ago
I feel compelled to point out that usually, the story develops the other direction - from:
"Autopilot crashes car, kills family!"
to (with much less fanfare):
"Actually, it was a drunk dude driving manually and wrapped his car around a tree at 120mph in his own driveway"
- callalex 2y agoGot an example of that?
- jdminhbg 2y agoYes: https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22738834/tesla-crash-texas-driver-seat-occupied-ntsb https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/21/22738834/tesla-crash-tex...
- avgDev 2y agoI have never seen such a story from a respected source. Please provide some examples.
- jjulius 2y agoTwo minutes before you responded: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39933211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39933211
- avgDev 2y agoIs the verge a reliable news source now? Oof.
- jdminhbg 2y agoHere's the NTSB report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY21FH007.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/HWY21FH007.aspx
- jjulius 2y ago[sigh] You know, it's hard to know what sources other people consider to be "reputable" these days, so perhaps you could put on your big boy britches and google the subject to find a source you like rather than expecting us to know what you trust and don't trust? I mean, shit, if you bothered to look at the Verge article you'd have seen the link to the NTSB report. Here ya go... https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/ntsb-finds-no-evidence-tesla-autopilot-used-in-fatal-2021-texas-crash.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/09/ntsb-finds-no-evidence-tesla... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-crash-spring-texas-deaths-mystery-solved-ntsb/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tesla-crash-spring-texas-deaths... https://fortune.com/2024/03/17/ntsb-fatal-crash-automated-driving-system-ford-electric-vehicle-not-tesla/ https://fortune.com/2024/03/17/ntsb-fatal-crash-automated-dr... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/autopilot-had-no-involvment-in-fatal-texas-tesla-crash-ntsb-says/ https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/autopilot-had-no-involv... https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-probe-finds-no-evidence-tesla-autopilot-use-2021-texas-crash-2023-02-08/ https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-pro... https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-was-behind-wheel-time-texas-tesla-crash-ntsb-says-n1282056 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/driver-was-behind-wheel... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/automobiles/tesla-texas-crash-autopilot.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/automobiles/tesla-texas-c... https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-at-time-of-tesla-crash-in-texas-ntsb-says https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/driver-was-behind-wheel-... https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/autopilot-engaged-texas-tesla-crash-ntsb-report/story?id=77605592 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/autopilot-engaged-texas-tesl... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36387950/ntsb-investigation-tesla-model-s-autopilot/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a36387950/ntsb-investigati... https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2021/05/10/ntsb-preliminary-report-on-texas-tesla-crash-adds-these-tidbits/?sh=29cad2435800 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2021/05/10/ntsb-p... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39933859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39933859 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34731013 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34731013 Would you like some more?
- brewdad 2y agoWhere are the initial headlines that blamed autopilot for this crash? The assertion had two parts and these stories only reflect the latter.