<i>While the driver appeared quick to blame the car, safety experts believe the deadly high-speed run could have been caused by the driver mistaking the brake pedal for the accelerator.</i><p>Perhaps I have a very unpopular view, but I find this higly improbable. I would rank the probable causes in order of likely probable to tin-foil-hat to be:<p>- [Very likely] Malfunction of the controller. If there is a <i>black box</i> or real time remote telemetry this could be easily verified. I would be curious if people can authenticate into their own cars API and pull down telemetry data to their cell phone real time yet.<p>- [Less likely] Driver suicidal. They tried to evade collision and did not target someone nor did they target a wall or pole or cliff.<p>- [Not likely] Driver confuses accelerator and brake peddle. This would require excessive use of mind imparing drugs and/or alcohol. This is easy to test for.<p>- [Tinfoil] Citizen spoke out against the wrong person and the <i>theoretical</i> mandated remote drive-by-wire was utilized. Similar theories apply to Anne Heche <i>not a Tesla but same capabilities</i> based on the Ring videos and the movie she was coincidentally producing about sex trafficking that would name names. a.k.a. <i>working as designed, issue closed</i>