Tesla crash victim's autopsy shows he was above the legal alcohol limit

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Tesla crash victim's autopsy shows he was above the legal alcohol limit

The Tesla owner killed along with a friend last spring in a fiery crash outside Houston had almost twice his state’s legal limit of alcohol in his system, an autopsy report obtained by Bloomberg News shows.

The gruesome deaths of anesthesiologist William Varner, 59, and Everette Talbot, 69, in the wealthy neighbourhood of The Woodlands on April 17 drew widespread attention because first responders found the driver’s seat was unoccupied.

Initial comments from local police said that “no one” was driving, which generated news headlines about a “driverless” Tesla and speculation on whether the Autopilot driver-assistance system on Varner’s car was engaged at the time of the crash.

[Bloomberg]

 

[supersunbird]

I still suspect that the body was thrown from the drivers seat (unrestrained bodies move around in vehicles in accidents).

 

[hj007]

Not a case of the autopilot disengaging just before the crash?

Interesting case of "drunk" driving vs autonomy.

 

[Pegasus]

Maybe he thought he engaged it, and then climbed into the back seat.

 

[Happy Days]

Two drunk men driving at high speed and the "Autopilot" gets blamed - f_uckin' American imbeciles.

 

[Happy Days]

Maybe he thought he engaged it, and then climbed into the back seat.

To do what?

 

[GhostSixFour]

To do what?

Don't kink shame.

 

[Pegasus]

To do what?

What do you think?

 

[Cray]

I still suspect that the body was thrown from the drivers seat (unrestrained bodies move around in vehicles in accidents).

Unless the car rolled i don't see how a fully grown man, levitates into the back seat.

 

[Happy Days]

What do you think?

I was waiting for someone else to go there, but that was my first thought as well.