Sawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerritt · Feb 17, 2026
I see some publications today trying to clickbait people into thinking @Tesla’s 5 reported Robotaxi incidents in Dec–Jan were all serious “crashes.” I checked the NHTSA report, here’s what actually happened:
Incident #1:
• Location: Street
• Speed: 0 mph
• What happened:
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Yeah
08:31 AM · February 18, 2026 · 206.8K views
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