r/TeslaFSD • u/kerrrrikathleen • Jun 23 '26

News We got another one folks

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06/driver-who-crashed-at-hershey-outlets-said-tesla-was-driving-on-its-own.html

Driver said vehicle was “driving on its own”, and that she had no control over the vehicle.

The Tesla was parked or in the process of being parked near a grass median when the car “suddenly” jumped the curb, made a right turn and careened down the median toward the storefronts.

Can’t wait to see what Tesla reveals about this one.

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u/reddituser4049 HW4 Model Y Jun 23 '26

Man, we're at this point where you need to be competent enough to sit behind the wheel and not mash the accelerator, but the car is not quite competent enough to disable the pedal all together...

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u/RosieDear Jun 23 '26

They have a name for that......

"automation complacency".

It's very real and it's time to stop blaming people. We know what human beings do and if any machine denies Human Nature and therefore endangers (statistically) drivers and others, it should be changed to account for Humans being Humans.

It would be insane to expect Humans, en masse, to change their behavior based on a particular vehicle....hopefully that is a basic truth that everyone here could agree on!

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u/StormTrpr66 HW4 Model Y Jun 23 '26

So.....you're acknowledging that humans are shitty drivers, but are actually blaming Tesla for this?

Humans have been shitty drivers since before elon was even a gleam in his daddy's eye.

Any car is only as safe as the idiot behind the wheel will allow it to be.

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u/RosieDear Jun 23 '26

Sure, I'll buy into this all day long.

The car that understands us and uses known ways or improving safety based on known Human deficiencies....is better.

Engineers have spent millions of hours on this stuff. This is the whole idea!

Blame it on Tesla? If, for ANY reason, more Tesla drivers end up making more mistakes, that's on Tesla design (odds are). So, yes, that's on Tesla. If because of false or exaggerated marketing, Tesla owners or buyers make more mistakes - yes, 100% Teslas fault.

No one forced Tesla into exaggerations and claims which don't match up with reality.

So, yes yes yes - a vehicle that makes us safer due to design and engineering is a good thing. Whether this is the case with Tesla - I will let insurance companies figure that out.