The media is running a story today about how a Cybertruck “allegedly” crashed on a Texas highway. Spoiler alert, the crash happened while the human driver was in control. The law firm, which is seeking $1 million, says that last summer Justine Saint Amour was driving her Cybertruck with Autopilot engaged. There’s just one problem — Autopilot is a legacy lane keeping system that never shipped on Cybertruck. The driver then admits that before the crash they disengaged the system and started driving manually. Indeed, the video shows the truck starting to turn before the driver disengaged and drove into the wall. Tesla hasn’t officially responded to the lawsuit yet, but available telemetry indicates the driver probably wasn’t paying attention, got startled, and crashed. There doesn’t seem to be any attempt to steer back towards the on-ramp in the video, rather you see the trajectory change from turning with the ramp to driving straight into it. When you crash your car, people tend to put blame on anyone but themselves. A high profile company like Tesla, with a CEO who is the wealthiest man on Earth? Yeah, they kinds of BS lawsuits happen often. Let’s wait for more data and discovery to take place, but based on the evidence i’m seeing so far that doesn’t look like something FSD — even an older V13 — would do.

@wholemars @WR4NYGov Logs show driver disengaged Autopilot four seconds before crashing

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Actually still looks FSD mistake. Speed was over recommended at disengagement(FSD). Grok says 4secs is not enough to slow down.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Looks like it was disengaged because the truck was taking the curve way too fast. So yeah, autopilot is at fault.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Student, 19, and 2 Others Killed After Being Unable to Escape Tesla #Cybertruck #Crash Due to Alleged Design Flaw, Parents Say people.com/student-unable…

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Skill Issue. 😅 I hope they're doing ok though!

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Can we see the video with a point in time marker when FSD was disengaged?

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Please sue @FoxNews and everyone who has been lied to about.. my @cybertruck drives like magic 🪄

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Logs never lie

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov 1 second before braking an a turn needed to be initiated… What use is FSD if you can’t even look away for 1 second?

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov I thought 5 seconds was the threshold

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov So he disengaged then steered into a wall

@elonmusk @alex_avoigt @wholemars @WR4NYGov My Cyberbeast has avoided 3 accidents on FSD, just don't disengage.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov I have found it's best to trust FSD, even when it seems you shouldn't.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Will the Plaintiff be responsible for court costs and attorneys fees when they lose? Will Tesla sue them for fraud after the fact?

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Surprise, surprise. I knew that was a big "allegedly" in that headline.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov At least on HW3 disengaging is sometimes how you avoid an imminent crash

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov People still paying people trying to knock down Tesla stock.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov This case should be easy enough for Tesla to prove that the driver fked up.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov I've had FSD force me to disengage because of how aggressively it turned the wheel.

@elonmusk @PhilFox43249797 @wholemars @WR4NYGov Your going to pay much more insurance to be a driver in the future

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov 4 full seconds? Damn, that’s a long time to be off it.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Maybe the system shouldn't allow people to disengage in a situation which might be precarious? BUT... I'd like to see what she was doing on the interior when she turned it off... "why?!"

Deep Pockets always need to be addressed from the start regarding so many lawsuits. We live in a “sue-happy society” unfortunately, in my view. People today automatically think they should sue and might get a windfall payout if they win. I learned so much watching what my favorite lawyer, whom I supported at Northrop Grumman Corp. (Environmental/Real Estate and just about everything else), dealt with—health issues, groundwater issues, the list goes on. It’s a crazy world: to prove the truth, so much money is spent to hire the best lawyers. It’s the only way to win cases these days. The truth may be apparent, but you still have to go through all the expensive motions, which is part of business as usual. 🙃

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Sue any and every news rag and so called journalists into the ground for spreading BS FUD clickbait

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov This was also recorded by the car's internal camera sensors? This is entirely the driver's fault, not Techno's ( autopilot)

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov And there it is. Computer says NO!

@elonmusk @alex_avoigt @wholemars @WR4NYGov That’s not a small detail… that’s the key detail.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov They probably thought they still had it driving autopilot?

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov Will @Tesla counter sue?

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov That was long time to take action during 4 seconds before crashing. Driver might be faulty.

@elonmusk @wholemars @WR4NYGov So still within the reportable window for your safety stats, but plenty of time for the driver to prevent the crash? Can you share how they disengaged? Manually? Brake pedal? Steering wheel input?