The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in 1989 issued it’s bold final report on the Audi 5000 “sudden unintended acceleration problem.” The NHTSA fully exonerated the German car maker by asserting pedals placed closer together than in other cars caused confusion. It was reasoned (especially models with “cruise control”) that the gas would be … Continue reading Are Tesla Sudden Unintended Acceleration Deaths a Repeat of 1980s Audi 5000 Defects? →

I know Bean Hollow Road on Highway 1 very well. I’ve been there countless times, even on the motorcycle. A terrible crash was reported Tuesday evening. A southbound 2022 Tesla collided at 6:39PM head-on into northbound traffic, spinning itself and another vehicle out of control down an east-side embankment into a lagoon. The Tesla was … Continue reading Tesla Crash on Highway 1 Kills Two →

A new police report has language much closer to what should have been reported in every Tesla crash since 2016. The owner of the car says it tried to kill her. As soon as she enabled her badly misnamed Autopilot, or perhaps after she turned on the badly misnamed FSD (at this point just call … Continue reading Tesla Autopilot Accused of Trying to Kill Its Owner →

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 →