A Tesla Cybertruck briefly went wrong, even though Autopilot was in control. Now the owner takes responsibility and blame for the accident.
A Tesla Cybertruck owner has crashed his car in Reno, Nevada. The accident occurred when the car first ignored a lane marking and a pedestrian crossing.
Shortly after, the huge pickup truck hit a curb, flying straight into a lamppost that neither moved nor lay down.
This is what USA Today writes.
Instead, the car ended up coming to a standstill with extensive damage to both the front and side surfaces. However, the owner, Jonathan Challinger, who was also behind the wheel, has already taken responsibility.
He did so in a now deleted post on the social media "X".
In addition to the many mistakes that Jonathan Challinger described in the post, which no longer exists, he acknowledges that it was human error that he failed to stop the car in time.
– Of course, it was a big mistake on my part. (You, ed.) should not make the same mistakes that I did. Be careful.
– Mistakes can happen. I've followed Tesla and the FSD (Full Self Driving, ed.) program very closely, and I've never heard of any accidents on the version 13 release.
– It's easy to become overestimated that way – don't!, says Jonathan Challinger, who makes a living developing software.
Although Jonathan Challinger escaped unharmed from the accident, this is not the first time that Tesla's self-driving systems have gone astray. However, it is often the fault of the drivers themselves.
This was the case last year, for example, when a Swede put a Tesla he thought could drive itself into full control. However, his wife ended up reporting him to the police. Read more about it here .
