A while ago now I showed how Tesla vehicles were being designed and trained to ignore traffic laws. We continue to see “pedal pump” evidence to this effect, as reported by annoyed law enforcement cleaning up after predictable disasters. Today’s news is that yet another Tesla ignored a red light, and hit a very large … Continue reading Tesla Blows Through Red Light Into Sheriff’s Bus Injuring 13
Tesla Deaths: 348 (and 19 confirmed on “Autopilot”) If there’s one thing, ONE THING, a car manufacturer should be able to do it’s meet baseline safety requirements of operating on public roads. For example, a car should not be engineered to systemically increase risk of accidents that involve children, red lights and emergency vehicles. Fail … Continue reading Unsafe by Design: Tesla Fails to See Children, Red Lights, Emergency Vehicles…
I think it safe to say these results from Austin Texas’ new red light traffic cameras are not what anyone expected: At seven of those intersections, the number of accidents has dropped. But at two intersections, authorities have actually seen a significant increase in crashes. The intersection of MLK and I-35 has seen a 33 … Continue reading Increased Crashes with Red Light Cameras
Bicycles rarely sit and stare at a red light when there is no traffic around. Some states apparently think decriminalizing this behavior is a good idea: An idea is gaining momentum to allow bicyclists to pedal through stop signs, without stopping. Bicyclists claim that it can be tough to stop a bike at a red … Continue reading Red Lights and Bicycles
The Tesla Semi has been a complete disaster, like all their engineering. From abruptly stopping to being impossible to drive, to crashing into other semis… with only a dozen made so far it’s been ugly. Now the California government is stepping in and calling out their own DMV. State lawmakers argue that the state Department … Continue reading California Gov Drops Hammer on DMV Driverless Failures (Tesla)