NSFW! Caught On Camera: How NOT To Drive A Tesla Model X In Brooklyn

The past several months have been a bit rough for Tesla and its equity. There's a variety of reasons why but one of the big ones have been related to crashes of vehicles while using the Autopilot feature.

I think what we have in this latest case is just simply bad driving.

A cyclist working his way around what appears to be Brooklyn's Navy Yard was doing his thing, and videotaping, when you hear a whoosh. What passes by is a fast moving Model X. What soon follows is the sound of screeching tires and a loud crash.

The bicyclist turns around and after passing a stop sign you see the Model X — the same one that appeared to be speeding — is up on the opposite curb. It's pretty badly damaged as evidenced from the front driver's side wheel which has broken off entirely..

10 seconds later and that cyclist would have been toast. He literally just passed through the intersection where the out of control Model X plowed through.

From what we can put together, it seems like the driver was out doing a test drive of a Model X when this happened. Note: The Tesla employee makes her presence known to the responding police officers.

MDarringer - 6/8/2018 8:11:16 AM

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So an idiot driver who was going too fast jumps a curb. Why is this news? Is it because a Tesla was involved?

Agent00R - 6/8/2018 10:18:00 AM

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It's news because we wanted to irk you. ;)

TomM - 6/8/2018 2:01:22 PM

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Actually - it would take an average person only a few minutes on the Internet to document hundreds of far worse examples of driving than are in the above.

It just documents that the Agents simply look for the cheap hit!

dumpsty - 6/10/2018 5:16:52 PM

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Its kinda news b/c theres yet another "unexperienced" Tesla driver either speeding or sleeping with the Autopilot thingy on. These mishaps puts surrounding drivers at risk. So people riding around "over-trusting" this driver-assist system is very important news.

jeffgall - 6/8/2018 8:41:17 AM

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Maybe Tesla should train it’s employees to practice a responsible test drive, making customers aware of the power at hand. Instead of hiring useless millennials.

Agent00R - 6/8/2018 10:19:22 AM

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It's seems as though it's the right neighborhood to show off a bit of the power; however, clearly they ripped it through the stop sign.

Each Tesla store probably has pre-planned routes and this one just went off the rails...

MDarringer - 6/8/2018 11:22:51 AM

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Any salesperson will tell you that not all people who test drive cars have common sense and demonstrate responsible driving. We instruct the sales people not to hesitate to demand an end to the test drive if they feel unsafe.

MDarringer - 6/8/2018 1:51:58 PM

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I agree. There is no need to bring a vehicle in to a repair shop ever. Everything is OTA these days.