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Driver dies as Tesla slams into tree in central Dutch town (burst into flames)
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/7/16 | AP

Posted on 09/07/2016 9:57:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The 53-year-old driver of a Tesla Model S electric car died Wednesday when the vehicle smashed into a tree in the central Dutch town of Baarn and burst into flames, police and firefighters said.

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.. firefighters did not immediately recover the man's body because of fears that emergency service workers could be electrocuted.

"The car was so badly damaged that the firefighters could not operate its security systems," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: driver; dutch; tesla; tree
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To: Red Badger

I always hear “Disco Inferno” playing in my head with stories like this.


21 posted on 09/07/2016 10:35:19 AM PDT by bigbob (The Hillary indictment will have to come from us.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

IIRC, the perfection of a computer driven car makes its actions difficult to anticipate for real drivers, and that was the explanation for the crashes.


22 posted on 09/07/2016 10:38:35 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Cowboy Bob

The victim’s family should sue the US gov for the wrongful death.


23 posted on 09/07/2016 10:45:34 AM PDT by ncfool ( We are in the United Socialist State of aMeriKa. The USSA. Sheeple of aMeriKa follow hil-LIAR-ly)
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To: NormsRevenge

Someone tell that idiot that trees have the right of way.


24 posted on 09/07/2016 10:48:50 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: butlerweave

It’s not so much the trees but the squirrels moving them.


25 posted on 09/07/2016 10:48:54 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: dfwgator

26 posted on 09/07/2016 10:51:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: bigbob

From an earlier era:

Light My Fire..................


27 posted on 09/07/2016 10:51:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: CatOwner
...Tesla has already had one death associated with making their owners beta testers, and they get a complete pass on it.

Tesla warns its users to remain alert at all times so as to take over control from the "autopilot" in emergency situations. The real problem is that people put too much faith in the automatic systems that do work most of the time, and refuse to stay alert for the cases when they don't.

This video shows a Tesla on autopilot crashing into a disabled vehicle. The car directly ahead of the Tesla driven by an alert driver easily avoids the problem.

28 posted on 09/07/2016 10:56:46 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
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To: CatOwner

They’re not getting a pass, the drivers failed. The autopilot system is NOT a replacement for the driver. It’s basically cruise control with with some lane assistance, you’re still supposed to be paying attention. They aren’t beta testers, they’re people who made bad assumptions about the feature and didn’t bother to read the manual.


29 posted on 09/07/2016 10:57:42 AM PDT by discostu (If you need to load or unload go to the white zone, you'll love it, it's a way of life)
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To: NormsRevenge

Baarn Burner


30 posted on 09/07/2016 11:00:31 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: NormsRevenge

Dang but that gas burns hotly.


31 posted on 09/07/2016 11:14:46 AM PDT by Rannug ("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
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To: Red Badger

“Van Zant’s inspiration for the song was the increasing reckless indulgences of the band members culminating in the evening when guitarist Gary Rossington got drunk and high and survived the crash of his new car into an oak tree along Mandarin Road in Jacksonville, Florida.”

Wiki


32 posted on 09/07/2016 11:23:17 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

I lived my early teenage years in Jacksonville before I joined the USMC. Met the band a couple of times...........


33 posted on 09/07/2016 12:46:52 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Blue Jays
Why is a driver crashing his/her vehicle into a tree newsworthy?

Well, because the Luddites get to decry electric cars.

34 posted on 09/07/2016 1:01:11 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Fresh Wind

“Tesla warns its users to remain alert at all times so as to take over control from the “autopilot” in emergency situations.”

You build a system that lets it drive the car and it should be safe to drive the car. Regardless of some lines in the users manual saying to be alert.

If an aircraft company made an autopilot this bad they would already be shut down and have FAA investigators so far up their behind they would be proof against every type of rectal ailment.


35 posted on 09/07/2016 1:18:52 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: NormsRevenge

a car hit a tree and burst into flame. something new everyday


36 posted on 09/07/2016 1:19:35 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: LouieFisk
The tree was at the corner first and had the right of way.

Impeccable logic, FRiend...lol.

37 posted on 09/07/2016 2:01:02 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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