>Western Berks Fire Commissioner Jared Renshaw said a Tesla was in self-driving mode when it made a left at a railroad crossing.
Last sentence:
>We've had accidents involving Tesla's that have been in vehicle accidents, but nobody has expressed to us that the vehicle was in self-drive mode when it happened," said Commissioner Renshaw.
So which is it?!
>He said the car was lifted by a crane, since rolling it back to a flatbed could have caused damage to the battery, located on the bottom of the car and it was very close to the train.
Gotta bring out the heavy wrecker so you can get that $10k heavy wrecker fee (that the insurance will reimburse them for and then charge us all higher rates).
airhangerf15•1h ago
I took it to mean this particular accident was due to FSD, but he's never had other accidents in the past where the driver told them it was FSD related.
Why do you find that hard to understand?
Maybe the heavy wrecker was unnecessary, but I can also understand not want to take a chance. Thermal runaway fires are no joke. The railway probably didn't want to deal with that possibility.
quantified•5h ago
Any grade-level crossings in Austin, TX?
tocs3•11m ago
Yes, but I do not think they are driving there yet.
potato3732842•5h ago
>Western Berks Fire Commissioner Jared Renshaw said a Tesla was in self-driving mode when it made a left at a railroad crossing.
Last sentence:
>We've had accidents involving Tesla's that have been in vehicle accidents, but nobody has expressed to us that the vehicle was in self-drive mode when it happened," said Commissioner Renshaw.
So which is it?!
>He said the car was lifted by a crane, since rolling it back to a flatbed could have caused damage to the battery, located on the bottom of the car and it was very close to the train.
Gotta bring out the heavy wrecker so you can get that $10k heavy wrecker fee (that the insurance will reimburse them for and then charge us all higher rates).
airhangerf15•1h ago
Why do you find that hard to understand?
Maybe the heavy wrecker was unnecessary, but I can also understand not want to take a chance. Thermal runaway fires are no joke. The railway probably didn't want to deal with that possibility.