Watch out for Teslas behind you!

holligl

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Just when you didn't have enough to worry about. Time to emboss a stop sign on your back. Sounds like that messes with the auto pilot "feature".
Hey Holligl,

Thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. I guess we need to design/invent a rearview mirror which identifies cars without a front grill, and then alerts us as they approach from the rear. Hmmm, now that I think of it, I think I should apply for a patent for that.;)
 

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Paranoia is a survival trait…..the question is “do we have an accurate list of every one and thing out to get us?” We can now add TESLA to the list
 

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Thanks for sharing the article. The Tesla cameras do look for the shape and color of stop signs, so there is something to that.
 

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Something i dont understand is how can you be insured if your not driving the vehicle.
 

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Hmmm, this video of that out of control Tesla looks crazy! Wow…



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Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN on Twitter: "This video of a Tesla trying to park and instead taking off at high speed, killing two people seems to keep getting deleted, weird! https://t.co/SGEcZcx6Zq" / Twitter
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Two causes were found for the Toyota unanticipated acceleration. One was that the pedal could physically stick in some of the cars and the other more common problem was that the floor mats were coming loose and interfering with the pedal function. Neither had anything to do with cruise control, electronics, etc.

As for this Tesla accident there's something big missing from the story.

The car pulls off the road and has brake lights re-entering the road while slotting in between the scooter and what may be a bicycle or moped behind it. There's control at least till the car suddenly accelerates to pass the moped at :12/:42.

Tail lights are off at :17-:18 and something else is notable. The background has changed significantly so some distance has passed. This car is capable of accelerating very quickly to 155 mph and while I've not bothered spending my time to get the speed by frame analysis, it doesn't appear to be anywhere that fast. Then appears slower when passing a van at :19-:20, then much faster at :22 with what may be a tail light on and changing state to off as it goes across the frame.

Between :22 and :23 the front right fender has been crushed and rear of the hood is in the reactive up position.

Another oddity is that the driver has been keeping the car to the right lane till :25 and without anything in the right ahead he is now driving in the left when the cyclist is knocked down. No tail lights. And the car again is not doing that potential 155 mph from here to the end.

So there does appear to be at least some level of speed control and the driver is able to control path for a long distance. The reason for mentioning the tail lights so much is that the brake pedal is hardwired to disable the auto throttle functions by regulation. I'm sure this is why they are looking for an outside expert.

On a separate note, even in an area that is not major urban center and we don't know the sections either not covered or edited out, it's pretty hard to not be on camera wherever you go in China. Before anybody points a finger the US is not far behind.
 

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. . . .The reason for mentioning the tail lights so much is that the brake pedal is hardwired to disable the auto throttle functions . . . .
Similar to cruise control. I agree with the car making maneuvers that appeared more human than self-driving. But that opinion is only based on watching people do stupid s**t in their cars.
 
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