Cross-posted from “Tesla in autopilot crashed into Texas home, killing one” by @Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone in !usnews@beehaw.org
The police reported that the Model 3 “failed to drive in a single lane, left the roadway and struck the residence” at a “high rate of speed.” The crash involved a woman, Martha Avila, who was inside the house. She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead “due to injuries she sustained from the crash,” police said. The police release said there were “no signs of intoxication” from the driver, who was also cooperative during the investigation.
I think people give the Brightline too much shit, it’s hard to engineer train safeties sufficient to stand up to Florida man and woman, and for the rest, well… getting hit by the train can be the fastest way out of Florida, when you really want out.
I think it’s less about the train itself (which, if you want a quick trip out of Florida, you could ride on instead) and more about red states being anti-tax, anti-regulation, and anti-education