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Old 01-04-23, 03:32 PM
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Default Tesla Model 3 suddenly veers off road, plunges down a cliff

This is a crazy story, according to a witness the car suddenly headed for the cliff edge and went straight down, 2 adults and 2 kids on board. Incredibly they all survived much respect to the first responders these people are heroes.

Devil's Canyon California, sounds like a bunch of people die driving recklessly on this road.


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Musk have saw his Tesla stock value
(just kidding around..I’m only kidding)

at first the media reposted that the driver did this on purpose. (How warped and rigged the media is). Kudos to Tesla for making a safe car
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Steering system com failure or was it on autopilot?
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Musk have saw his Tesla stock value
(just kidding around..I’m only kidding)

at first the media reposted that the driver did this on purpose. (How warped and rigged the media is). Kudos to Tesla for making a safe car
The media was right. That person is being charged with attemped murder.

California doctor who drove Tesla off cliff to be charged with attempted murder (msn.com)

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Steering system com failure or was it on autopilot?
Neither, rather a driver in a very bad state of mind.
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Driver was arrested for intentionally driving off the cliff.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/04/11468...ted-california
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Musk have saw his Tesla stock value
(just kidding around..I’m only kidding)

at first the media reposted that the driver did this on purpose. (How warped and rigged the media is). Kudos to Tesla for making a safe car
Why do you say this?
Old 01-04-23, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by JDR76
Driver was arrested for intentionally driving off the cliff.
So tragic but glad he admitted it.
Figured they would blame Tesla in a multi-million dollar frivilous lawsuit, that seems to be the "american way" to sue others for their own screw ups... lol
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Originally Posted by JDR76
Driver was arrested for intentionally driving off the cliff.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/04/11468...ted-california
That is seriously messed up. If you're thinking about offing yourself, don't. But if you insist then at the very least don't take others with you especially children. What if this person crashed the car and everyone died but him? I hope the kids and I assume wife are going to be okay.

Seems I am in the small minority but why can't cars at least try and stop things like this from happening the tech is there at least in a Tesla. Maybe it's a regulatory thing.
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Crazy story. It's amazing a car can still hold together and the human body withstand such jarring.
On another strange note, I think that's my dad's doctor.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
That is seriously messed up. If you're thinking about offing yourself, don't. But if you insist then at the very least don't take others with you especially children. What if this person crashed the car and everyone died but him? I hope the kids and I assume wife are going to be okay.

Seems I am in the small minority but why can't cars at least try and stop things like this from happening the tech is there at least in a Tesla. Maybe it's a regulatory thing.
Just last month 1/4 mile from my house we had someone blow up their condo in an effort to kill themselves, of course it blew up the whole building. Thankfully he was the only one killed.

If you’re going to kill yourself, just kill YOURSELF.

How crazy is this?





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That qualifies as next level crazy. Damn.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
That qualifies as next level crazy. Damn.
Yeah! The blast actually woke me up 1/4 mile away.

And the fire and police chief kept saying “they have no indication he intended to harm anybody but himself” dude…he blew up his CONDO…with other condos to each side and above and below it!

Obviously nobody who commits suicide is in their right mind, but still.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
That is seriously messed up. If you're thinking about offing yourself, don't. But if you insist then at the very least don't take others with you especially children. What if this person crashed the car and everyone died but him? I hope the kids and I assume wife are going to be okay.

Seems I am in the small minority but why can't cars at least try and stop things like this from happening the tech is there at least in a Tesla. Maybe it's a regulatory thing.
Yeah it's a seriously messed up move.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Yeah! The blast actually woke me up 1/4 mile away.

And the fire and police chief kept saying “they have no indication he intended to harm anybody but himself” dude…he blew up his CONDO…with other condos to each side and above and below it!

Obviously nobody who commits suicide is in their right mind, but still.
Damn. I get it if you want to kill yourself but just keep it to yourself no? I went though a "fun" time at one point in my life and it never occurred me to to mess with other people like that.
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At the risk of this going too off topic, if anyone feels like they need help it is readily available. You can walk into any ER and say I need mental health help, or pick up the phone. Mental illness is highly stigmatized for whatever reason people often feel like they have to deal with everything alone.

tl;dr: don't blow up a building or drive your car of a cliff ask for help instead.


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