Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 23, 2018, 10:34 AM
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Car fire closes lanes on Hwy. 101 in Mountain View
Original post made on Mar 23, 2018
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, March 23, 2018, 10:34 AM
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a resident of Whisman Station
on Mar 23, 2018 at 11:06 am
Four cars involved. Tesla burned to a crisp. Looked like one serious injury. Very sad. Hope they made it.
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 23, 2018 at 12:46 pm
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I noticed several helicopters hovering over 101 while I was at the MV Caltrain station around this time. I guess they were probably news choppers. How awful. I hope the injured driver survives.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 23, 2018 at 1:39 pm
I was there a maybe two minutes after this all happened, and it was horrible. There was debris strewn everywhere, there were two people lying in the road, and I don't want to go into detail out of respect, but the poor Tesla driver looked in bad shape, I hope that he survives and makes a good recovery, but he's got a long road ahead of him. The Tesla wasn't yet on fire when I saw this, and I also saw a Prius parked in the median, a box truck that another car had rear ended, and more parts all over the road than you'd expect. Cars are big, heavy, fast moving things, I really wish people drove more carefully.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 23, 2018 at 2:08 pm
Was it another self driving Tesla????? Wow technology is so safe.
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 23, 2018 at 2:25 pm
Do you have some insider information nobody else has which leads you to believe that self driving was involved? It's certainly possible, but we have no idea. It could have been distracted driving, aggressive driving, any number of things. That interchange is a mess in the mornings, with lots of people diving across several lanes to catch a last second ramp exit.
a resident of Monta Loma
on Mar 23, 2018 at 3:45 pm
Right...because there were never car accidents before self-driving cars? While self-driving cars may not be perfect, and may never be, I'd still feel safer with them then all the people driving around on their phones or staring off into space. Are you afraid of all technology, or just self-driving cars?
a resident of Cuernavaca
on Mar 23, 2018 at 3:53 pm
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a resident of Old Mountain View
on Mar 23, 2018 at 3:53 pm
Sadly, the article states that the driver of the Tesla suffered major injuries and died.
They don't say about the other two cars - hope they survived this terrible incident.
a resident of Martens-Carmelita
on Mar 23, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Tesla is local so they can call in Tesla engineers to determine if it's safe to move the car. What do they do for Tesla crashes everywhere else?
a resident of Rengstorff Park
on Mar 23, 2018 at 6:49 pm
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a resident of Sylvan Park
on Mar 23, 2018 at 8:35 pm
Strange how the car needed to be cut in half to remove the occupants.
a resident of Gemello
on Mar 23, 2018 at 10:41 pm
Choose said on kron tonight that the Tesla was on the left side about to take the commuter lane onto the 85 flyover when at the last minute they decided they wanted to stay on 101s and clipped the guard rail that started the chain of events.
One disturbing observation while watching the report, CHP called Tesla engineers to determine if the car was stable to move, where the Tesla engineers deemed the battery of the car too dangerous move until they drained the charge to reduce explosions. Are these cars going to become bombs after they get into accidents?
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