@DirtyTesLa@WifeDirtyTesla In your case, maybe FSD just assumes every OG is important enough for the blue spots 😂
But seriously, FSD should somehow have the interior camera recognize a handicap placard hanging on the mirror to prioritize handicapped parking.
@SawyerMerritt True, the NHTSA estimates ~16,000 “pedal-confusion” crashes happen in the US every year — that’s roughly 44 per day. These are common enough that they show up across all makes and models.
I had Grok check some facts and it seems this could be a case of pedal misapplication — driver hitting the accelerator instead of the brake for whatever reason…
1. NHTSA estimates ~16,000 such pedal-confusion crashes happen in the US every year — that’s roughly 44 per day. These are common enough that they show up across all makes and models.
2. Back in the early 80s, Audi 5000s got hammered with “sudden unintended acceleration” headlines and lawsuits. After a full NHTSA investigation (and similar studies), the agency concluded in 1989 that the incidents were caused by driver error — specifically pedal misapplication, often by drivers unfamiliar with the car’s pedal layout. No mechanical defect was found that could cause high-power acceleration without throttle input. Audi was effectively exonerated on the vehicle-fault claims, but after many years and significant sales impact.
Vehicle data (like Tesla’s logs here) is invaluable precisely because these human errors happen far more often than any system failure. Tragic outcome, but important to get the facts straight before blaming the tech.