Summary

A Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont last November, killing three college students after hitting a cement wall and bursting into flames.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) attributed the crash to intoxication and high speed but found that the victims likely died from the fire.

Testimony revealed the vehicle’s doors would not open after the crash, preventing rescue attempts. A survivor was pulled out after a bystander broke a window with a tree branch.

The CHP’s investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

  • @[email protected]
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    71 hour ago

    But there’s emergency latches!

    They’re just hidden somewhere in the doors and you need the owner’s manual to figure out where they are…

  • @xenomor
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    51 hour ago

    Were the owners of this vehicle up to date on their door opening subscription?

  • @[email protected]
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    463 hours ago

    This is propaganda, opening a cybertruck door is very easy.

    First you bring up the “doors” menu on the console. Then tap “right door” to get to the right door sub menu. Then tap “open”. If you get error “tsla3456” that means the truck is on fire. Normal cars don’t recognize when they’re on fire, this is a smart thing done by smart people at Tesla. So then you just go back to the “doors” menu, tap “right door” again, then “advanced” and then “overrides”. Enter the error number you want to ignore in the “ignore errors” item. Now you go back to “doors”, “right door” and tap “open” and the door will open easily.

    Tesla even offers a free “door opening” course that’s just 2 hours long to go over all of the options you have for opening your cybertruck doors. It’s really the victims fault if they didn’t bother to learn how to use their vehicle.

    /s I fear this is needed …

    • @[email protected]
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      102 hours ago

      Issue here is I’m not sure I recognize where the sarcasm is. This description of the door functioning system looks plausible to me when we talk about a Swastikar.

      • Lem Jukes
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        i’m sorry for my rudeness, but i think that’s a skill issue. Give it a couple more seconds of thought and realizing a shitty door locking mechanism/system faulting and not deliberately convoluted menu programming is pretty clearly the reason for the door failure.

        you know i started that reply and then i found that NHTSA’s staff has already been cut by 4% cause DOGE(pronounced “dough - ghee”) and now im like yeah actually this might be the kind of thing that gets thru regulators now…

        PS mods, if the skill issue comment is a rule breaker i can remove it, pwease dont ban me again for ‘attacking the person and not the argument’.

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          31 hour ago

          My point, sadly.

          We’re already seeing ads in infotainment systems that cover the whole screen every time the car stops; a system this stupid to open a door, coming from Ketamine Karen, is not so improbable.

          Also, no offense taken :)

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    213 hours ago

    Why are these cars even allowed to be purchased? Does America not have road safety standards? Can anyone just make a car and as long as it has headlights and seatbelts sell it to people?

    • @[email protected]
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      421 minutes ago

      It got 5 NHTSA stars for driver safety, 4 for passenger, anyone caught outside of it are acceptable casualties. And as far as I know the manufacturer can self-certify.

    • @[email protected]
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      14 minutes ago

      If someone is dumb enough to buy a cybertruck then it catching on fire with them in it is a plus for everyone else.

    • Sixty
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      162 hours ago

      I thought it obvious that law means nothing in the USA unless you’re poor now.

    • @[email protected]
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      41 hour ago

      Were still kinda being held together by pre-1970s protections, but those are slowly going away, too

    • @Aganim
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      82 hours ago

      While you are burning remember alive, please take the time to appreciate the fact that the Cybertruck has a 5-star NHTSA crash rating.

  • @Feathercrown
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    112 hours ago

    Ok this has happened like 5 times now, how tf are these allowed

    • @[email protected]
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      131 hour ago
      1. Elon musk is very rich.
      2. Elon musk is doing favours for the cult leader who is also president
  • @[email protected]
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    594 hours ago

    There are cameras inside the car, it self drives… imagine if it used AI to decide if the driver was Jewish. Or queer. Or just a particular individual who might be thrown out a window were they in Russia. And it steered itself into a wall and burst into flames, destroying any internal telemetry that might tell the story.

    The technology is there. The regulatory agencies that might investigate are gutted. There is nothing but the integrity of a few programmers standing in the way. Programmers whose livelihoods and perhaps admission to the US are at stake.

    That feels awfully thin.

    There’s a fucking conspiracy theory for the nutters.

    • Admiral Patrick
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      imagine if it used AI to decide if the driver was Jewish. Or queer. Or just a particular individual who might be thrown out a window were they in Russia. And it steered itself into a wall and burst into flames, destroying any internal telemetry that might tell the story.

      That’s basically how the plot of Upload kicks off, and when I realized “holy crap, that’s totally possible”.

      • @[email protected]
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        184 hours ago

        You’re the only other person I have ever heard mention that they had watched that show. I liked it. I thought it was decent, but nobody else seemed to.

        • @[email protected]
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          32 hours ago

          Another good one with a related theme of technology morality is Made For Love, I think it’s from Max

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            Yes, now Made for Love was great. Way better than Upload imo.

            Damn, I really forgot that show existed until just now…

        • Admiral Patrick
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          Oh, I think it’s great. Can’t wait till season 4 drops. Definitely an underrated show especially if you like near future, corporate dystopia black comedies. There’s also the meta humor that it runs on Amazon Prime Video.

          • @[email protected]
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            44 hours ago

            Oh, I thought it was canceled. The last season I saw was season two. I should check out season three!

            • Admiral Patrick
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              AFAIK, it’s not canceled. It just goes forever between 10-episode seasons that always end on a cliffhanger.

              Edit: Ah, the upcoming fourth season is the final one.

              • @[email protected]
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                53 hours ago

                Four seasons is a pretty good run for this type of show, IMO; at least if it’s as well planned and thought out as The Good Place (not to dissimilar concept) was!

                I think I’m also only around ~2 seasons in, as I cancelled Prime a while back… might have to fly the black flag and catch up on S03!

        • @Masshuru
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          44 hours ago

          I enjoyed it as well! You are not alone, fellow Upload.

        • Admiral Patrick
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          44 hours ago

          I don’t even recall how I heard of it, lol, but it’s really good. Definitely one of those hidden gems in the sea of crap-quality streaming shows.

          • @Upgrayedd1776
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            22 hours ago

            If you can get over the weird color saturation thing, it wasnt good enough for me to have that bizarre super bright reds and pinks

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        -23 hours ago

        Very underrated film. I saw it in theaters and thought everyone was gonna go crazy for it then barely heard anyone talk about it.

    • Chozo
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      14 hours ago

      I don’t think that a lot of the people who would be likely targets for such an attack are the same people who would be buying Teslas in the first place.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 hours ago

        They might well already have Teslas. They are far more likely to drive them (I think) than the good old boys out in the country.

      • @Little8Lost
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        Downloaded this earlier from another post
        The customer demographic has drastically changed

        50501 General-26757913

  • @[email protected]
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    505 hours ago

    The swastikar goes from 0 to 1939 in 4 seconds. When the ad says that, it means it. Complete nazi experience. Ovens included.

  • @Bieren
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    23 hours ago

    The owner failed to pay his monthly “I love musk” fee that pops up on the dashboard. A message has been sent.

  • Optional
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    23 hours ago

    It’s an excellent metaphor