• Albbi@piefed.ca
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    7 hours ago

    The foot on the accelerator after the crash doesn’t make sense. He would have been thrown around like crazy. I think this points to sensor malfunction or something like that.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      Accelerator / brake pedals have multiple redundant calculations that all happen to combat people saying its a sensor issue, or at least in cars that log that kinda thing, which a Tesla does.

      Its such a common accusation that is almost never true, so they’ve done things like that to protect against it.

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      5 hours ago

      I was in an accident, knew it was going to happen, and braced myself. When it was all over, there was a loud noise, and I realized my foot was braced on the accelerator. Since the car had started to roll when I braced myself, this had little bearing on the accident. Also, this driver wasn’t in a state where he was bracing for an accident, but he may have jammed his foot on the pedal when he woke up.

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      6 hours ago

      It could have been some other object. It’s possible that his foot or leg did land on the accelerator in the crash too.