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Of course she was. Putting your car into reverse and letting it back fully into a pond without braking when you actually meant to put it in drive is not something an unimpaired driver does.
Don’t be so sure. I have seen people, rarely, actually be that incredibly stupid.
But, yes, it most often means they are impaired.
One could argue that a room temperature IQ constitutes enough an impairment for driving.
If Celsius, then yes.
Oh, and if Fahrenheit, then maybe.
If Kelvin, lend me your DeLorean time machine.
If that were the case, then we wouldn’t have global warming problem anymore.
Eh, not defending a drunk driver but there's more to this:
So if you are in the wrong gear, then panic stomp the pedal, you can absolutely find yourself speeding in the wrong direction.
Because of course it is... Jesus fucking Christ, of all the things to remove all tactile feedback from...
IIRC you have to swipe the whole screen to change into reverse, so you can't really do it accidentally
Maybe the machine knew where she was going.
For those that don't know where they're going:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW_kPzY_JY
The gear selection method in those is non-intuitive. Doesn't alter your conclusions, just an unfortunate and unsafe design choice.
Edit: replaced wrong words
Adrenaline does weird things to your brain, when controlling a car. When startled, we default to getting low and stable. That's good when standing, however, it putting your feet flat on the ground is extremely bad when in the driver's seat.
I've actually witnessed this in action. A slip resulted in 2 cars written off, 1 pushed through several gardens. I can easily see someone doing something similar, with a Tesla. Alcohol would just amplify the effect.