<story><title>Tesla fatal car crash prompts NTSB investigation</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/27/tesla-fatal-car-crash-prompts-ntsb-investigation/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>zaroth</author><text>There’s excellent discussion about the accident at the Tesla forum. [1]&lt;p&gt;The big take-away from their research is that particular exit-only left-lane (which is one of two side by side carpool lanes) is poorly marked, has been consistently gotten worse as changes have been made to the road over the last several years, does not have proper lane markings (missing chevrons in the non-lane), &lt;i&gt;routinely&lt;/i&gt; has cars cutting right across the gore point (to the point where there are dash cam videos of almost accidents at that exact point linked in the forum) and, most damning of all, the resettable safety cushion device [2] which protects the gore point had already been hit just recently and there’s evidence it &lt;i&gt;had not been reset&lt;/i&gt; when it was hit again by the Model X, which meant the X suffered a direct impact with a narrow slice of concrete.&lt;p&gt;If anything I think NTSB should be investigating
&lt;i&gt;Caltrans&lt;/i&gt; for this one.&lt;p&gt;[1] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;teslamotorsclub.com&amp;#x2F;tmc&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;model-x-crash-on-us-101-mountain-view-ca.111505&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;teslamotorsclub.com&amp;#x2F;tmc&amp;#x2F;threads&amp;#x2F;model-x-crash-on-us-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] - &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;teslamotorsclub.com&amp;#x2F;tmc&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;2636752&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;teslamotorsclub.com&amp;#x2F;tmc&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;2636752&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla fatal car crash prompts NTSB investigation</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/27/tesla-fatal-car-crash-prompts-ntsb-investigation/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>danso</author><text>FWIW, previous discussion (17 comments) from several days ago, back when news of the fatal accident was first known: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16669241&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=16669241&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit: Worth pointing out that in the previous Tesla fatality investigated by the NTSB for Autopilot-related issues, the victim was well known as someone who posted videos that showed off his Tesla&amp;#x27;s Autopilot capability. [0] I don&amp;#x27;t think anything like that is known about the 38-year-old victim in this week&amp;#x27;s incident. More details of that accident are here, from the San Jose Merc:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mercurynews.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;ntsb-investigating-fatal-crash-on-highway-101-involving-a-tesla&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mercurynews.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;27&amp;#x2F;ntsb-investigating-fa...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;Friday morning, a San Mateo man died when his Tesla Model X crashed at the Highway 101 and Highway 85 connector, authorities said. Wei Huang, 38, was traveling in the carpool lane of southbound 101 around 9:30 a.m. that morning when he collided with the barrier separating his lane from the Highway 85 flyover carpool lane, according to the California Highway Patrol.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;joshua-brown-technology-enthusiast-tested-the-limits-of-his-tesla.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;joshua-brown-tec...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>