technocritFather and son incinerated after ‘self-driving’ Tesla suddenly slammed into tree
TrackinDaKrakenRun into a tree in any other car, and the airbags will likely save you, and then you just open the door and get out. No flames, no locked doors you can’t open. To me, it looks like Teslas are more dangerous for the passengers in common accidents, regardless of how they happen.
I do wonder who is still buying these things today, because people still are, in spite of sales being down sales aren’t zero, which they should be. There are much better options.
That would be one of the things to establish in court: could they have survived? Despite occasional outrage headlines, the battery pack is hard to damage. It usually takes a very severe crash.
Aside from the horrible fate, it’s not much different from any other car. When running into a tree, airbags protect you to a point. But there Ali’s no technology that can protect you from a severe enough crash. Was it severe enough? Could their fate have been different? Those are the most important questions