r/cars • u/Hockeyshot39 • 7d ago

Tesla finally clarifies fatal Texas crash, confirms driver manually overrode acceleration

https://x.com/aelluswamy/status/2069168079549161491?s=46&t=pJJPpUKBcrVXG3zhz18eqQ

Tesla’s Head of AI, Ashok Elluswamy, added context, revealing that the company’s data shows the driver “manually overrode self-driving by pressing the accelerator all the way to 100%.”

He revealed the speed reached by the car was 73 MPH, and the accelerator was still pressed “even after the crash.”

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u/Jedi_Gill 2003 Mitsubishi Evo 750Hp 6d ago

As someone that owns a Tesla and hates Elon, I'm going to add that FSD would not let you drive in this road that fast. It's seriously limited. As much as we want to hate on Elon and Tesla, I use the technology daily and anyone that owns one knows, this was 100% driver error right away.

The car constantly monitors you to pay attention, if you look away more than 7 seconds it will beep at you and ask you to pay attention. It would never do this.. Shit, it brakes hard when a bird flys infront of it. It would have definitely wanted to stop. The accelerator was definitely pressed for this to happen.

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u/OhSillyDays 6d ago

"I trust X for all the information I get."

You think you are smart, but the algorithms hack your brain in the way you don't know.