Tesla on Autopilot Hit a Broken Barrier at 71 MPH: The 3 Failures | Crash Explained #1 #accident

71 mph. No brakes. No hands on the wheel for the last 6 seconds. In 2018, a Tesla Model X on Autopilot steered into a highway gore in Mountain View, California, and hit a crash cushion that had already been crushed 11 days earlier. Here's the full reconstruction, second by second, and the three failures investigators found: the driver, the car, and the road. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Cold open: 71 mph, no hands 0:19 The case file 0:44 The road: a 630 ft gore 1:05 The last six seconds 1:41 Three failures 1:47 Failure 1: the driver 2:08 Failure 2: the car 2:31 Failure 3: the road 3:07 The aftermath 3:19 What if: eyes on the road 3:36 What changed after 3:50 How to never become this case 4:18 Which failure mattered most? What this case teaches every driver: ✅ Driver assist is NOT self-driving. Hands on the wheel, eyes on the road ✅ Phone away. Not on your lap. Away ✅ Watch for left exits. If your lane suddenly feels wider or the lines fade, you may be drifting into a gore ✅ See a crushed crash cushion or damaged guardrail? Report it to your state transportation department Source: NTSB Highway Accident Report HAR-20/01, "Collision Between a Sport Utility Vehicle Operating With Partial Driving Automation and a Crash Attenuator, Mountain View, California, March 23, 2018." This video is an animated reconstruction based on the published NTSB findings. It is not to scale. Out of respect for the driver and his family, we do not show his name or any real crash footage. Which failure do you think mattered most? Tell me in the comments. 🚗 New crash cases and US driving rules explained. Subscribe: @RoadRulesExplained #CrashExplained #Tesla #Autopilot #NTSB #RoadSafety #DrivingTips