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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.

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[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 169 points 1 month 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 ...

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.

[-] Lemjukes@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~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'.

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 :)

[-] Machinist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Ketamine Karen!

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago
[-] El_Scapacabra@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago

"To whom it may concern."

No,.too formal.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

I'll just put this fire over here with the rest of the fire.

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[-] tazeycrazy@feddit.uk 10 points 1 month ago

If you follow these instructions you would be dead within minutes! Tsla3456 is for water Tsla3356 is for fire You would know this if you did the advanced fire safety course for $450. It was the only thing I heard about a the basic door course.

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[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 99 points 1 month 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.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 58 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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".

[-] upandup@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month 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.

[-] ptz@dubvee.org 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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.

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[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 90 points 1 month ago

Imagine buying your own coffin from a Nazi.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago
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The swastikar goes from 0 to 1939 in 4 seconds. When the ad says that, it means it. Complete nazi experience. Ovens included.

[-] rational_lib@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But when he attempted to pull Tsukahara from that same window, Riordan testified, "I grabbed her arm to try and pull her towards me, but she retreated because of the fire."

Remember that the right wing media rushed to blame this on speeding and intoxication without mentioning that they were still alive and able to move when the vehicle was on fire. They were cooked alive inside, foreseeably and preventably, and that was covered up in a way that maximized the shame the victims' families felt. Deplorable.

[-] lori@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 month ago

The Cybertruck fans have basically just decided that because one of them was a drunk driver they don't need to think about the rest of it and it's fine that they died.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 51 points 1 month ago

Well, say what you want, but tesla is the only one doing something to reduce the republican voters base.

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[-] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago

...they broke the window with a tree branch?

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 66 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's bullet proof, not pointed stick proof.

/s needed apparently

[-] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's their marketing selling something non-existent, the patent doesn't mention anything about bullets.

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[-] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago

Yeah, it's just laminated glass, with borosilicate external layer

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[-] TomMasz@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago

Who did Musk bribe to allow this ugly fucking deathtrap on the road?

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

He moved operations to Texas where regulations can get fucked and he bought the United States government and fired anyone looking into his shit. Sign up now for Neuralink! You will never get out.

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[-] SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 23 points 1 month ago

He bought the Presidency. Not eve a bribe at this point.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago

But the boycott is still "illegal", you guys.

Remember when Failin' Palin was bleating about "death panels"?

[-] spooky2092 19 points 1 month ago

Remember when Failin' Palin was bleating about "death panels"?

Death panel?

Oh, you mean insurance company

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[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 38 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, the government organization that allowed consumers to complain, get the money back along with a settlement, and have the product recalled, was recently "fed into a wood chipper" by the guy who makes the cybertrucks.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month 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?

[-] Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 month ago

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

[-] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 month 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.

[-] Aganim@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Regulatory capture. For the most part, Automakers can determine if their vehicle is safe, as long as they have certain hardware requirements (Like airbags, backup cameras, and a roof that can support the weight of the vehicle.) Heck, I remember some Tesla engineer saying that the mirrors are only on the truck because they couldn't get the legislation mandating them removed in time to replace them with cameras.

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[-] Baguette@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago

Reminder that a seatbelt cutter and glass breaker is a good investment, especially in cars like this.

[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 19 points 1 month ago

Maybe a good thing that the glass isn't actually bullet proof

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[-] snuggledick@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

Not suggesting anything of course, but Trump just bought himself a Tesla and if he really really wanted to help Musk improve Tesla's image…

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[-] Showroom7561@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 month ago

Happened in Toronto, too. Killing four.

So, when is trump getting a Tesla?

[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Treetrimmer@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

Who gets a self-driving car only to drive it drunk?

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 12 points 1 month ago

What other selling points are there?

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[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Probably hadn't paid the monthly subscription for the emergency door non-locking software.

[-] Jikiya@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Finding hard to summon sympathy for someone that would still buy a Tesla after the far right lurch from the owner. I feel terrible for myself, as I should care that 3 young lives have ended, but can't help but think they were likely enemies of a democratic US.

[-] kurodriel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago

I'm all for hating Musk, but drink driving feels more evil than owning a tesla.

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