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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,623 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2026, 07:45 PM 18 hrs ago

Tesla allegedly in autopilot mode crashes into house, woman killed: Investigators

A driver in a Tesla vehicle that was allegedly in self-driving mode crashed into a Texas house Friday night, killing a woman who was inside the home, investigators said.

Michael Butler was traveling in his Tesla Model 3 around 8 p.m. local time in Katy, Texas, and was operating the vehicle "with an automated driving assistance system," the Harris County Sheriff's office said in a statement.

Butler allegedly failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway and struck the residence, according to the sheriff's office.

"Butler's Tesla entered through the brick residence, at a high rate of speed, and struck M. Avila who was inside the residence," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/tesla-allegedly-autopilot-mode-crashes-173809621.html

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Tesla allegedly in autopilot mode crashes into house, woman killed: Investigators (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 18 hrs ago OP

Sue Tesla and Musk for a billion dollars. sinkingfeeling 17 hrs ago #1

A Trillion!! IrishAfricanAmerican 54 min ago #8

A lot of these cases turn out to not be driven on the automatic system. Melon 17 hrs ago #2

of course, data will prove that. uncle ray 4 hrs ago #6

The Tesla couldn't figure out that it was headed for a fucking house? flvegan 16 hrs ago #3

Let's give the CEO of that company another trillion Blue Owl 16 hrs ago #4

If not the fault of the automated system, then the Butler did it. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 14 hrs ago #5

Arrest the CEO of that shithole company. nt City Lights 4 hrs ago #7

sinkingfeeling

(58,219 posts)

1. Sue Tesla and Musk for a billion dollars.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:03 PM

17 hrs ago

IrishAfricanAmerican

(4,541 posts)

8. A Trillion!!

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 01:06 PM

54 min ago

Melon

(1,860 posts)

2. A lot of these cases turn out to not be driven on the automatic system.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:06 PM

17 hrs ago

It’s very easy to tell once they download the computer information as all driving inputs are captured. It seems premature to publish the story as automated when it can be easily proven within days by pulling the data. My tesla would absolutely jerk back into the lane if it even got close to the lane paint.

uncle ray

(3,376 posts)

6. of course, data will prove that.

Reply to Melon (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 21, 2026, 09:47 AM

4 hrs ago

i have no doubt that the autopilot handed control back to the human drive many milliseconds before the crash.

flvegan

(66,643 posts)

3. The Tesla couldn't figure out that it was headed for a fucking house?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 09:29 PM

16 hrs ago

Couldn't figure out that it had left the road?

Utter shitbox if true, and Tesla's "autopilot" or whatever the fuck they're calling it these days (and please spare me, Stans) should be cause enough to permanently park these things until shitbag Musk's "car company" can fix it (which it won't, because why should it) or disable it.