Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a court order (2018)

Re:Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a c... by IshKebab on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:30PM (#31625734)

I'd say it's quite likely that people would fully depress the accelerator when they meant to fully depress the brake. Especially with cars with cruise control where your foot might not already be on a pedal.

I don't think you need to reach for any more conspiratorial explanations when there's a blindingly obvious one available.

It would be interesting to see the data just before - were any pedals pressed?

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Re:Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a c... by glitchcrab on Saturday June 04, 2022 @09:31PM (#31627030)

Fully depressing the brake pedal would involve some fairly serious reason - you only ever do it in an emergency situation as it produces a very sudden stop. It's therefore highly unlikely then that someone would accidentally fully depress the accelerator because they mistook it for the brake pedal.

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Re:Tesla won’t give drivers their own crash data without a c... by IshKebab on Sunday June 05, 2022 @03:22AM (#31628784)

The car accelerating without you wanting it to doesn't sound like an emergency to you? People aren't robots.

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