Latest Tesla Model 3 Crash May Be The Most Severe Yet

So, let me get this straight.

Tesla has delivered only about 2,000 or 3,000 of these, to people who have been waiting for them for 3 years, who I presume are wealthier than the average American and are probably careful.

And so, there are already several major accidents?

The Model 3 must be a death-trap. I can vouch for what a huge distraction the central screen is - I sat in a Model 3 at the NYC Tesla showroom and the Tesla rep was showing me everything it does.

The Model 3 driver is basically 'texting while driving' anytime their attention is distracted by the central screen. Its visually cool but it is a totally terrible design for a motor vehicle. I predict that NHTSA makes Tesla recall all of the Model 3's because the controls on the screen makes it a hazard.

Let me guess - the majority of the collisions occurred with the Model 3 crashing into something in front of it?

Friggin' scary!

Not sure if you read the article itself but it did attribute the cause of at least one of those crashes to a drunk driver. Poor driver habits don't make a car a death trap. Just a lot of very poor drivers out their which I see everyday driving all makes of cars. Just seem that when its a Tesla it is somehow a thing that must be dissected.

Yes I did read it and no, from the description in the article, there was not any apparent attribution noted that linked the Model 3 telephone pole collision with a cause.

Have you sat in a Model 3 yet? Please do so.

Remember, when you sit in the Model 3, that you are not at the Apple Store buying a new iPhone X - you are in a car, that at some point will be traveling 20MPH to 70MPH when you have to look down at the center stack for at least 3 seconds to heat the seats/adjust the AC/turn on the wipers/change the stereo input/adjust the sat nav/etc/etc/etc/etc and keep that in mind when you have to live with the fact that you may have just plowed over a pedestrian or into an SUV with 5 kids in it. Please visit a Tesla store and sit in a Model 3.

It brings a whole new dimension to 'texting while driving'.

- Seat warmers have a dedicated button on the bottom row, easy muscle memory
- It has climate control (that you can activate remotely as well) this is not something you change frequently, just set your desired temperature
- Wipers are fully automatic now
- The stereo you adjust primarily using the steering wheel like any other car
- Nav you use the screen, just like any other car (except you can see it better since its huge)

These are all non-issues that go away after you actually user the car for a bit. Everyone said the same thing about the S/X (which has a larger screen, further away from the driver), and those have the same accident rate as any other car in their classes.

That car has voice control of most secondary features mentioned.

I do not even see a reason why this article is actually posted - I have yet to see any such articles on other Brands of cars - I am sure that EVERY car on the market that sells in any quantity has accidents on the first DAY of delivery - and I see no effort made to report on those.

While I am not a Tesla advocate - This reporter is a clear bias.

I think the ugly plastic wheel covers caused the crash.

The snowflake-unicorn Tesla rider--Tesla drivers don't want to actually drive--no doubt expressed aloud his dissatisfaction with the cheap plastic wheel covers and the circuitry heard it, reported it to Musk, and Der Fuhrer made the car crash.

I've always thought Autopilot was just a death camp mentality carried out by software.