Streets were blocked and power lines had to be repaired after a Tesla crashed and was abandoned.

2:07 AM: West Marginal Way is blocked by downed power lines near Front Street (just north of Highland Park Way). According to police, they came down when a driver flipped a Tesla…

Electrek has been absolutely spot on with its reporting lately, exposing Tesla Robotaxi fraud. This example of disinformation caught my eye.

Meanwhile, safety professionals have been sidelined by Tesla lobbyists.

Under current Texas law, cities like Austin cannot regulate autonomous vehicles. […] Austin police confirmed to CBS Austin that they were not consulted ahead of Tesla’s launch plans. […] “They’re using the people of Austin as crash test dummies,” [Arthur Moulton, Project Coordinator with The Dawn Project] said. “This software isn’t safe, and it shouldn’t be on the public roads until these very basic safety defects are fixed.”

Like a kamikaze, the usual Tesla blowing red lights has all the hallmarks of being on driverless.

According to police, a red Toyota 4-Runner was traveling westbound on US 40 and had a green traffic light at US 40 and Chamberlain Road. A Black Tesla was northbound on Chamberlain Road and ran the red light into the path of the 4-Runner. Both vehicles then spun and came to rest in the parking lot of the food mart. The driver of the 4-Runner was later transported to the hospital for treatment. The male driver of the Tesla was transported by Transcare, but later died as a result of the crash.

This failure to understand rails has been a long time problem with Tesla FSD, and has no signs of being fixed anytime soon.

Western Berks Fire Commissioner Jared Renshaw said a Tesla was in self-driving mode when it made a left at a railroad crossing.

He said it happened on South Hull Street in Sinking Spring around 5:30 a.m. Saturday.

“Went down the tracks approximately 40-50 feet. They all exited the vehicle, got their belongings out,” said Commissioner Renshaw.
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He said a train came [on schedule]… a few minutes later.

Notably, Tesla occupants were probably asleep when they allowed the software to fail. Look at where they abandoned their vehicle like an IED, unable to operate it.

This is the kind of Tesla FSD story, where the company repeatedly blocks trains, that makes the brand seem like a constant threat to critical infrastructure.