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malaise

(268,969 posts)
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 05:50 PM Mar 2021

Deputies: SC teens blame autopilot for crash with Florida patrol car

PALM COAST, Fla. — A pair of South Carolina teenagers claimed that their car was on autopilot before it crashed into a Florida deputy’s patrol car, officials said.

The crash occurred last Friday in Palm Coast, according to a Flagler County Sheriff’s Office news release. Palm Coast is located just north of Daytona Beach.
A deputy pulled over a white 2018 Tesla after watching it pull out of a gas station parking lot and travel on the wrong side of the road, official said. The car initially came to a stop and then backed into the deputy’s patrol vehicle.

The deputy reported finding two girls, ages 14 and 15, inside the car, but neither was in the driver seat. The teens told deputies that they were traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, to visit the father of one of the girls. When questioned, the girls said the Tesla was driving itself in autopilot mode when it backed into the patrol car. Investigators later determined that one of the teens was operating the vehicle before putting it in autopilot, causing the crash.

Deputies contacted both teens’ parents. The driver’s mother was unaware of her daughter leaving the state and thought she was at her grandmother’s house.

No damage was done to the patrol car, officials said. The Tesla had about $300 in damage. Police did not specify which teenager was the driver but said she was cited for driving without a license.
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm - Some girls have all the luck

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Deputies: SC teens blame autopilot for crash with Florida patrol car (Original Post) malaise Mar 2021 OP
Breathing on the paint of a Tesla causes $300 damage. What'd they do, scratch the plate frame? marble falls Mar 2021 #1
this. onethatcares Mar 2021 #2
Hence the Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm malaise Mar 2021 #4
No such thing any more as white privilege - that what the wypipo say. That was kinda clever ... marble falls Mar 2021 #5
That is about right. Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #3
An Arkansas Highway Patrolman backed into me one time. rickyhall Mar 2021 #6

marble falls

(57,080 posts)
5. No such thing any more as white privilege - that what the wypipo say. That was kinda clever ...
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:18 PM
Mar 2021

... idea to get to FL in a "Partrige Family/Cowsills" sorta way. Too bad we can't teleport this idea to the Brady Bunch!

Miguelito Loveless

(4,465 posts)
3. That is about right.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 06:07 PM
Mar 2021

A parking gate came down on me before I had exited a parking lot and that was $2,200. The parking lot denied they were at fault, as “their surveillance cameras” did not record the incident. My cameras, however, did. Saved me a nasty insurance rate hike.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
6. An Arkansas Highway Patrolman backed into me one time.
Fri Mar 26, 2021, 07:51 PM
Mar 2021

My was broken, blew a water hose & killed the ignition (Ford). Cop stopped to help, backed into me.

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