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A Tesla car landed in a backyard swimming pool after its driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brakes and crashed through a wall in California, Insider reported. The occupants were rescued moments before the car sank, and there were no injuries.
Tesla cars have a reputation for high safety standards and even recently played an important role in saving the lives of four passengers traveling in a vehicle that fell off a 250 feet cliff in California. Only a week later, another Tesla car was involved in another accident in the same state in the United States, although both incidents seem to have been caused by human error.
How Tesla landed in the pool
According to Insider's report, three passengers were traveling in the car when the female driver accidentally hit the accelerator instead of the brake. The car crossed a wall in a house on West California Boulevard. One resident was inside the home but did not know what was going on outside.
Next-door kindergarten staff transformed Samaritans by jumping into the pool to rescue passengers from the car, including a grandmother and a four-year-old boy. The rescue took place moments before the vehicle sank down the pool.
Police and fire personnel responded to the scene within a few minutes. The rescue was complete and the car occupants were uninjured.
The tesla was subsequently towed from the pool. Pfd and ppd are at the 700 blk stage. PFD and PPD are at the 700 blk stage. A Tesla pilot struck the throttle instead of the brake, crossed a wall and entered a pool. Three persons in the vehicle, one of whom is a child. @PasadenaGov pic.twitter.com/euHlfLGfrz
— Pasadena Fire Dept. (@PasadenaFD) January 10, 2023
When the 'Boat Mode' is not enough
Tesla designers, as well as owners, have always been proud of the electric vehicle's ability to wade through water. One can find many videos on social media where the car has made it through flooded roads without a drop of water leaking into the interiors prompting CEO Elon Musk to call it "Boat Mode".
Your Tesla can function as a boat for brief periods of time https://t.co/FONhnIiv8j
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 30, 2018
The car's ability has been touted so much that Tesla is also considering it as a standard feature in its next offering, the Cybertruck.
Your tesla may be used as a ship for short periods https://t. co/fonhniiv8j— One can find many videos on social media where the car has made it through flooded roads without a drop of water leaking into the interiors prompting CEO Elon Musk to call it "Boat Mode".The capacity of the car has been so touted that tesla also sees it as a standard feature in its next offering, the cybertruck. But no engineering effort can compensate for the human stupidity of hitting the accelerator rather than the brake.
Perhaps, We're not familiar with the entire story, and maybe there was some extreme madness in the car with the child, mom, and grandmother all screaming at the top of their voices or sheer ill luck that the car hit the wall that had a pool behind and not a bed of roses.
