Just happened
The Tesla was on auto
Pilot, driving free
(Passenger in front and back)
Went into a tree
Inferno took 4 hours to
Extinguish, victims dead
Re-igniting battery acid
Resulting scene of dread
Don Matthews
April 2021
Tesla Inferno
The poetry etc of Don Matthews
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 
OMG! I just watched the news video.
LikeLike
I have never trusted these driverless cars….ever since the first one was demonstrated here amid great pomp and splendour and all top brass….ran over a blow-up kangaroo…serious…..Skip was not happy….
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/transport-minister-stephen-mullighan-ploughs-into-kangaroo-during-driverless-car-demonstration/news-story/35f76b7bc7f5828afb3bfe79deca0802
LikeLike
It is always a risk when we are not in control, human nature really
LikeLiked by 1 person
Horrific incident
LikeLike
Yes indeed…. I don’t trust these driverless cars….I think we’re pushing the limit
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, same here.
LikeLike
Seems to be a general human trait of thinking we can pushing things to the limit
e.g. nature etc…man thinks he is smarter
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yet, it usually backfires.
LikeLike
True…..
LikeLiked by 1 person
Too soon to be sniff ‘n’ the tears? 🤔
LikeLiked by 1 person
Love the inflatable kangaroo kill, I hadn’t seen that before. The “I think it was set to ‘cull’, not ‘avoid’.” line is classic.
LikeLike
Yes a classic line Kate….one could say the Tesla was set to ‘collect’ not ‘avoid’…..that’s a dark, macabre and ‘unwarranted’ thing to say I know considering the deaths but the comparison is still there……to me we are playing around with fire when it comes to driverless cars…..it can come back to bite us as it did on this occasion……..what gets me is the battery acid is so inflammable the firies had to ring Tesla and ask how to put it out…….!!!
LikeLike