I ain’t laughin’ and I am known for a very dark sense of humor.
Ah, if only it were so simple.
Regulations, it has been said over and over again, are written in blood.
In some version of a libertarian paradise that Elno surely is working every day to make happen, regulations are… barriers to commerce? best left to the individual? an unforgivable crime by the NannyState? obstacles to profit? etc.
The NHTSA is gathering info on a Cybertruck crash that killed three college students in California.
The crash is the second fatal Cybertruck incident in the US, following one in Texas.
Tesla’s Cybertruck has faced multiple recalls and 21 NHTSA complaints since launching.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is probing a Cybertruck crash that killed three college students last month in California.
As vehicles get bigger and heavier, they also get deadlier. It’s a trend that has some concerned about Tesla’s new Cybertruck, a 6,800-pound electric behemoth with sports-car acceleration that experts say will be lethal to pedestrians and occupants of lighter vehicles.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk defended the truck in an X post last week.
“We are highly confident that Cybertruck will be much safer per mile than other trucks, both for occupants and pedestrians,” he wrote.
Some in the vehicle safety world disagree.
Michael Brooks, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety — a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization — said the Cybertruck poses a variety of threats to pedestrians.
According to Tesla’s website, the Cybertruck Cyberbeast model clocks in at 6,843 pounds, and can accelerate from 0-60 mph in 2.6 seconds. For comparison, the 2023 Ford F-150 starts at slightly more than 4,000 pounds, and can go from 0-60 mph in about 5.5 seconds.
Brooks said the Cybertruck’s extreme acceleration capabilities, combined with its weight, means that drivers will have less time to react to pedestrians, and collisions with them will be deadlier.
He said the Tesla Cybertruck will be dangerous to occupants of other cars, as well.
“Just like Elon says — If you have an argument with another car, you will win — so long as ‘winning’ means inflicting life-threatening damage to other humans on the road,” Brooks said.
Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
