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by uguuo_o 1114 days ago
This article reads as if the car itself is responsible for the crash, not the driver.
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That's shockingly common with almost all reports of drivers crashing into things. It takes the agency away from the driver and pushes the narrative that "accidents happen".

From https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

> One was an attempt to shape news coverage of car accidents. The National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, an industry group, established a free wire service for newspapers: Reporters could send in the basic details of a traffic accident and would get in return a complete article to print the next day. These articles, printed widely, shifted the blame for accidents to pedestrians — signaling that following these new laws was important.

It didn't really read that way to me, reads more that they're just reporting the facts they have. A Tesla car crashed into a building, caught fire, and the was put out. The root cause of the crash isn't known right now and will be the subject of the investigation.
Which is a possibility with a Tesla.