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Tesla crash

Posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Apr 19 07:42:19 2021

Crash

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:39:48 2021, in response to Tesla crash, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Apr 19 07:42:19 2021.

The headline says “driverless” even though it’s clear that there was a driver in the car (who was killed) and the article says nothing about whether the car was on autopilot when it crashed.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 09:47:05 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:39:48 2021.

Be careful in that thing.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:16 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 09:47:05 2021.

I agree. It is more inflammable than a regular car.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:47 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:16 2021.

Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 10:03:35 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:47 2021.

Oh my gosh

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by AlM on Mon Apr 19 10:55:44 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:47 2021.

Capable of bursting into flame.

Maybe the word should be intoflammable.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by AlM on Mon Apr 19 10:56:20 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:39:48 2021.

Isn't there an extremely high presumption that it was on autopilot?

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 11:00:14 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by AlM on Mon Apr 19 10:55:44 2021.

Or Pinto.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:20:49 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by AlM on Mon Apr 19 10:56:20 2021.

I disagree because the autopilot would have detected the tree and stopped, and probably wouldn’t have left the road in the first place.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by AlM on Mon Apr 19 11:21:44 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:20:49 2021.

So maybe they thought autopilot was on and it wasn't.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 11:22:48 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 11:00:14 2021.

Some Pintos that got rear ended burst into flames before coming to a stop.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 11:24:07 2021, in response to Tesla crash, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Apr 19 07:42:19 2021.

Someday I have to figure out a way to get around a paywall!

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by pragmatist on Mon Apr 19 11:30:36 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 10:03:35 2021.

Flammable vs. inflammable
There is no difference in meaning between flammable and inflammable. Both describe things that are capable of burning or easy to ignite, but in all modern varieties of English, flammable is preferred.



Inflammable, derived from the verb inflame, is the original word. But because the first syllable is easily misinterpreted as the common negative prefix in- (as in, for example, inescapable, invulnerable, inorganic), the word has always caused confusion. Because this confusion can have dangerous real-world consequences, the shift from inflammable to flammable is welcome.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:32:59 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 11:24:07 2021.

https://archive.vn/

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by pragmatist on Mon Apr 19 11:45:45 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:32:59 2021.

Thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries is a serious issue, and many fire departments are not fully trained in how to deal with them. In most firefighting, you extinguish a fire by depriving it of oxygen, but the core temperatures of Lithium Ion batteries stays so high that they often reignite when the availability of oxygen to fuel a fire returns.

FDNY has extremely strict standards for Lithium Ion batteries used in UPS and ESS in NYC, but obviously that does not apply to cars.

I've watched some interesting videos and presentations by fire safety experts on the challenge.

I have to stay on top of this stuff, I actually periodically teach some courses that are heavy in battery curriculum.

Keeps me from turning into a broccoli in my retirement years....

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Catfish 44 on Mon Apr 19 11:45:47 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 11:22:48 2021.

What a horrifying thing.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 13:37:43 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:32:59 2021.

Thanks man. Worked great!

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 13:44:01 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 13:37:43 2021.

They have a scriptlet you can add to your bookmarks (have to use a computer to do it). If you open the bookmark while viewing a page, it will automatically open it in archive.vn.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Mon Apr 19 16:43:34 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 13:44:01 2021.

Splendid!

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Apr 19 17:12:18 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 09:52:16 2021.

Wow, I didn't know that. I thought the one advantage to an electric car is it wouldn't blow up. Now that I know different I'll never want one. BTW, I know this is the off topic board but did you know the LIRR is doing a study to have battery operated trains in diesel territory?

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Apr 19 17:23:31 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 11:32:59 2021.

Thanks to you a long time ago, I use it all the time, especially for the Daily News.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 17:39:10 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Jeff Rosen on Mon Apr 19 17:12:18 2021.

Saw that on the main board.

And I may have been wrong about the fire thing.

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Re: Tesla crash

Posted by TransitChuckG on Tue Apr 20 08:56:28 2021, in response to Re: Tesla crash, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 19 17:39:10 2021.

Updates

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