Tesla Model S causes power blackout

[Playinghardball]

Tesla Model S unfortunately caused a power disruption in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, this week. The power blackout lasted a few hours. As you can see in the image below, the power blackout was caused by the Tesla Model S crashing into a power transmission pole, tearing down the wires.

I imagein some of you may have initially thought the accident was due to charging. However, reports from power companies show that they are already well prepared for electric vehicles charging on the grid.

However, there was a bit of an issue with the crash. The emergency personnel were not accustomed to dealing with crashed electric vehicles. They had to check the Tesla Motors website for details on how to shut the vehicle down properly.



You may also be wondering how well this highly acclaimed vehicle protected its passenger. Fortunately, she was unharmed. However, she was jailed for driving under the influence (DUI). She claimed that she was “messing with the radio” and that is why she crashed… not exactly a normal cause of a crash.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/17/tesla-model-s-causes-power-blackout/

[surrealAmerican]

1. Actually, "messing with the radio" ...

... is not an uncommon distraction for drivers, and yes, any distraction can cause a crash.

[Benton D Struckcheon]

5. Any distraction is right.

True story: wife is driving along on a road no more than half a mile from here. Gets a hot flash. Rolls down the windows, a bug comes flying in, distracts her for just a moment on a curve, and wham! right into a traffic sign pole.
She was fine. But when she explained what happened, I was just floored. It wouldn't have been an accident if she'd been on a straight part of the road, but the bug distracted her just as the road had a slight bend in it that she needed to turn the wheel for. So there you go.

[Pab Sungenis]

10. I always think of Emo Phillips' bit on driving.

"I was busy changing the radio. And I'd nearly gotten the old one out of the dashboard when...."

[Nye Bevan]

2. No exploding gas tank. Cool. (nt)

[kestrel91316]

3. I saw a guy lying dead by the side of the road in the desert years ago because his teenaged daughter

who had just got her learning permit was messing with the radio and rolled the truck. She killed her dad.

And it was nothing unusual to the cop on scene.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Fucking Obama

[uponit7771]

6. +1

[Motown_Johnny]

8. I'll bet Solyndra had something to do with it!

(for the sarcasm impaired)

[NuclearDem]

12. THANKS OBAMA

[BeyondGeography]

19. ...

[burnodo]

17. You hate Obama now?

How schizophrenic!

[IDemo]

7. Tesla Model S's don't cause power blackouts

People driving Tesla Model S's cause power blackouts.

[valerief]

9. Still, every schoolchild should be armed with one.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Back in the dark ages they started putting air bags in cars

you might remember them? We had to get special training on how to work on a patient with both a deployed system, and an armed system that failed to deploy.

They also changed the gas used to accelerate them to full inflation since the original one, if the bag burst, could cause some nasty chemical burns.

So this is not surprising at all. I am sure FD personnel had to find how to disconnect batteries from Hybrid vehicles too due to the size of the electrical harness.

The Fire Service is dynamic in nature and you will have these kinds of changing technologies that will change your response regularly.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Deliberately misleading headline, but I suspect you know that.

Any idiot can drive into a power pole. The type of car is irrelevant.

[oneshooter]

15. But only a special type of idiot can do it in a $75,000+ Tesla. n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

16. Yeah, an idiot with an expensive car.

However, the implication here is that an electric car somehow was related to an electrical power outage.

Don't be facile, please.

[burnodo]

18. Tesla used as battering ram by dumb-assed driver causes power outage

However, Tesla engine kept running and restored power to thousands