# Self driving cars are still decades away

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 10, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499 "2017-10-10T17:38:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-driving-cars-are-still-decades-away/798499/578 "2021-04-19T04:38:23Z")

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A Tesla crash with no one in the driver’ seat:

> **[‘No one was driving the car’: 2 men dead after fiery Tesla crash near The...](https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2021/04/18/2-men-dead-after-fiery-tesla-crash-in-spring-officials-say/)**
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> Two men are dead after a Tesla ran into a tree in Spring.

> **[2 Killed in Driverless Tesla Car Crash, Officials Say (Published 2021)](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/18/business/tesla-fatal-crash-texas.html)**
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> “No one was driving the vehicle” when the car crashed and burst into flames, killing two men, a constable said.

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