Great context here. Worth sharing before the "first Cybercab crash" headlines sp

"Great context here. Worth sharing before the "first Cybercab crash" headlines spread:
~5 mph. A large pothole hidden under water. No other car involved.

That's a road maintenance problem, not an autonomy problem. A human driver would have hit the same hole.

And it was Tesla itself that reported it, publicly, to regulators.
When the first incident on record is a flooded pothole at walking speed, the system is doing something right.

Elon's bet has always been that autonomy will be judged by data, not headlines.

Quoting @TeslaZoa: “Tesla has reported the first Cybercab crash to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

According to the report, a Cybercab was traveling at approximately 5 mph (8 km/h) when it drove into a large, water-filled pothole, causing damage to the vehicle.

Personally, I don't think this incident should be viewed in the same way as a typical traffic accident.

At the time, a safety monitor was inside the vehicle, and there were no passengers.

While the vehicle sustained damage and the incident was officially reported as a crash, I believe it makes more sense to view this as an edge case encountered during autonomous driving development and testing.

After all, identifying and learning from these unusual scenarios is an essential part of improving autonomous driving technology and making it safer and more reliable.”"

(Source: X · @TheCaptainEli)