Tesla drives off cliff at Devil's Slide, crews rescue 2 adults, 2 kids in critical condition

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Tesla drives off cliff at Devil's Slide, crews rescue 2 adults, 2 kids in critical condition




PACIFICA (CBS SF) – A Tesla drove off a cliff near Devil's Slide Monday morning, leaving two adults and two children in critical condition, according to Cal Fire.

Cal Fire's San Mateo-Santa Cruz unit first tweeted about the accident around noon Monday. Officials noted that the Tesla fell about 250 feet down.

While rescuers were on the ground assessing damage, multiple air ambulances were en route.

Cal Fire officials warned commuters needing to take Highway 1 to expect delays.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tesla-drives-off-cliff-at-devil-s-slide-crews-rescue-2-adults-2-kids-in-critical-condition/ar-AA15UcUY

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1. more

Link to tweet

[Native]

2. So, did the Tesla drive off the cliff or the person behind the wheel?

[Maraya1969]

3. +111 I also want to know

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6. Elon Musk's engineers are wondering too

[likesmountains 52]

4. Exactly. Lousy headline.

[markodochartaigh]

13. Interesting how times change.

Even a decade ago if a vehicle was said to have done something it could pretty much be taken for granted that a human was in control behind the wheel. Now, with self-driving vehicles, we will need to be a bit more careful in our description of events.

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26. Tesla driver who plunged off cliff with children on Highway 1 arrested for 'intentional act'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tesla-driver-who-plunged-off-cliff-with-children-on-highway-1-arrested-for-intentional-act/ar-AA15WMVY

Tesla driver who plunged off cliff with children on Highway 1 arrested for ‘intentional act’




A Tesla driver who was rescued, along with another adult and two children, after their vehicle drove off a cliff on Highway 1 south of San Francisco, has been arrested after investigators determined the crash was an “intentional act,” authorities said.

[Native]

27. & miraculously, the kids were totally uninjured & no life threatening injuries for the parents.

I read that one of the rescuers who filmed part of the rescue said it was a miracle and he was getting a Tesla.

[highplainsdem]

5. Can't help wondering if someone decided to use FSD to focus on the scenery.

250 feet down. God, that poor family...

[TheBlackAdder]

21. That's like saying, 'Jesus Take The Wheel'

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[Retrograde]

7. Highway 1 can be a beautiful drive

in good conditions, with no rain or fog and light traffic. In less than good conditions it can be rather scary - that ocean is very cold and a long way down.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

9. lots of situations like that in California...like the drive up to Lake Arrowhead on rainy days

[markodochartaigh]

14. And Hwy 17

from San Jose to the coast. Beautiful vistas, for passengers only.

[haele]

25. They just had heavy rains blow through.

Road was probably slick to begin with, and Highway 1 can be treacherous if they were going too fast for the road conditions to begin with.
That being said, unless they were in some sort of driver assist mode that could not take a sudden change of road condition or made some weird avoidance move that caused the car to spin out, the make of the car is probably not important at all to the story.

Haele

[Javaman]

19. Had to drive it one time at 2am in fog

While working on a commercial shoot.

White knuckles all the way

[NBachers]

8. Cars drive off the cliff there with some frequency. A few years ago, there was dash video of a Jeep

flying off the cliff, and it was never found. The driver's remains were discovered on a nearby beach months later. I guess it's a combination of winding roads, stunning views, and traffic merging / exiting from parking areas.

Devil's Slide is one of my main hiking areas. I hope the people can be rescued and recover.

https://sfist.com/2022/09/30/car-flies-off-cliff-on-highway-1/

EDIT: By 3:20 p.m. all four victims had been rescued and taken to nearby hospitals. There were no updates on any of their conditions, other than the two adults were still critical.

[BobTheSubgenius]

10. If it wasn't the Tesla itself that drove off the road (ie, not human error),

what is the point of naming the brand of car? Not that i'm at all concerned about Tesla, and indeed, anything that EM touches, getting negative publicity.

[Mr.Bill]

16. The Tesla has been in the news a lot. So has Elon Musk.

The news media will latch onto something like that. Another one they always mention if the accident was caused by excessive speed is the Corvette.

[ZonkerHarris]

24. Tesla gets the clicks baby

[Celerity]

29. It was attempted murder/suicide by the father. The Tesla actually saved all 4 people's lives

Amazing they all survived



https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/business/devils-slide-cliff-car-california.html

[TeamProg]

11. It's a pretty, but scary drive. I lived in Pacifica for about four years and Hwy One was my route to

visit family in Monterey. Also to the Chart House restaurant on the beach in Montara.

One would to have to be a complete fool to trust a self-driving car in these early stages.

[musette_sf]

12. So that's why all the sirens earlier today!

Yeesh, that’s awful. The Lantos Tunnel has cut down on a lot of Slide mishaps, but Hwy 1 is still risky when you first come out of the tunnel going south.

[Lasher]

17. I'm pretty sure I drove through there once.

I'm not familiar with that area, so I looked it up.

[BSdetect]

18. Why is the car brand relevant when it involves Tesla but

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217514561

No mention of the brand of Semi in the headline above

Generates clicks.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

20. true enough... story would not have title "Dodge Dart drives off cliff..."

[Emile]

30. They still make the Dodge Dart?

[TheBlackAdder]

22. Tesla Wouldn't Pull Over for Police While Driver Slept (Germany - Autobahn)

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[BannonsLiver]

23. A metaphor for the company and Musk

[tamtamp]

28. psychopath

Satan has a spot in hell for him, if there's a hell.