Cybertruck hit head on in wrong-way crash on I-10 Houston. Both drivers killed

[RDMSguy]

His friends on instagram are posting that he passed away.

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[TexasRaider]

Tesla Cybertruck Crash Test Video Released, Earns 5-Star Safety Rating from NHTSA - TechEBlog

Thank you!

 

[Cybertruck2024]

Terrible and sad. My condolences for the families' loss.

 

[That Beast Mode]

News article now says both drivers were killed. Terrible

https://www.khou.com/article/news/l...ruck/285-81869761-53bd-4351-bf28-269bab100d12

 

[CyberGus]

The cabin held up remarkably well, but high-speed head-on collisions have a low survivability.

I admit I'm curious to see the dashcam footage, but posting it would be in poor taste given the outcome. As an owner, I have an interest in how the vehicle performs in a collision, but I doubt the video would provide any insight in that regard.

 

[REM]

What constitutes a mass casualty trauma kit?

Interestingly, I just added a one handed operation tourniquet to my shop medical station…. This is designed to be self applied in case of a catastrophic injury to an arm or hand with no else around.

There are quite a few good kits out there, but I'm rocking this one right now with a few things added like pulse-ox, suture/would closing kit, Needle decompress pen, additional tourniquets, adult and kid c-spine immobilization collars, higher quality emergency blankets than just the crappy milar ones, etc.

 

[CyberGus]

What constitutes a mass casualty trauma kit?

 

[CybertruckWraps]

There's some great FSD training videos at https://www.cybertruckownersclub.co...ide-look-from-tesla-vp-of-ai-autopilot.49883/

Thanks. None of those have another vehicle driving straight at it at the same speed or higher than the Cybertruck. This is equivalent to a tree jumping out in the middle of the road if you were going 150mph…..

 

[tingmo13]

hence, we really need Autonomous vehicles on the road to save lives & get rid off Emotion f*****d up human beings.
FSD to the rescue-Save lives & enjoy living!

 

[Crissa]

A wrong-way BMW crashed into a Tesla Cybertruck on I-10 near Washington Avenue, killing BMW driver.
60mph two cars hit.
Impact force is a car going 120mph hitting a brick steel reinforced wall.
None should be alive.

Total crash energy ≈ 1.8 × 10⁶ joules (1.8 megajoules)
That’s roughly equivalent to:

• the energy released by half a stick of dynamite, or
• enough energy to lift a small car 150 feet (45 m) straight up.

From chat with both vehicles going 60 mph

Thanks. None of those have another vehicle driving straight at it at the same speed or higher than the Cybertruck. This is equivalent to a tree jumping out in the middle of the road if you were going 150mph…..

Okay, there's a little physics to clear up:

When you come to a stop in such a collision, you're only feeling your deceleration. You don't feel the deceleration of both vehicles. So it's like hitting a brick wall at 60.

However, it is partially right, in that the metal structure experiences it like it hit a brick wall at 120. Except it's not brick, it's another collapsable vehicle.

The first impact was bad enough to kill; the secondary impacts only compound the injuries. Safety equipment can only do so much - it only reduces your chance of dying. You can die falling from a chair; it doesn't even need to be a big chair.

-Crissa

 

[Bridgeboy69]

OK, @Crissa, I'll bite.

Why the sad reaction? (or whatever reaction that is called?)

Because you percieve I have a lack of sympathy for someone I don't know who died (out of estimated ~8-billion people currently alive...)?

Or maybe my copy-n-pasted very same words used by "that guy" were offensive?

Or maybe just because two forum members don't have the exact same opinion?

Or maybe door #4: none of the above... care to share what it is?

 

[Crissa]

OK, @Crissa, I'll bite.

Why the sad reaction? (or whatever reaction that is called?)

Because it's sad to see an argument? I wouldn't put a reaction on a post I would rather ignore. It's 'I support you but sad it came to this'.

-Crissa

 

[spacebar75]

i am so sad for the loss of lives for both families, but i am wondering why the cybertruck driver gets called out by name from the media while the BMW driver - the perpetrator entering a highway wrong way is not referenced by name ? Also reading in the article that the cybertruck was pushed into a semi truck as well

 

[CybertruckWraps]

i am so sad for the loss of lives for both families, but i am wondering why the cybertruck driver gets called out by name from the media while the BMW driver - the perpetrator entering a highway wrong way is not referenced by name ? Also reading in the article that the cybertruck was pushed into a semi truck as well

They couldn’t identify the BMW driver.

 

[Cyber AI]

Just curious what safety equipment/gadget you guys carry in your CT. I agree some safety equipment is better than nothing.

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