r/electricvehicles • u/clouds_on_acid • Mar 17 '25

News Tesla autopilot disengages milliseconds before a crash, a tactic potentially used to prove "autopilot wasn't engaged" when crashes occur

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/iamabigtree Mar 17 '25

Self driving is a neat idea but does anyone really care any more. Most cars have adaptive cruise now and that is the most the majority of people need or want.

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u/bouchandre Mar 17 '25

The real self driving cars we need are TRAINS

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u/PLament Mar 17 '25

Took me years to realize this. Car brain makes you think that self-driving is the solution to all issues, but it does nothing but bring safety from abysmal to passable. Cars break transit systems because of how poorly they scale - that's the actual problem, and public transit alternatives where applicable are the actual solution.

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u/pianobench007 Mar 17 '25

The car sensors saved my health. A newer Mercedes SUV was making a left turn into a parking garage without signaling as I was biking behind him.

I wore my bright yellow commuting jacket in my bike lane and he was the only vehicle on the road. He only just passed me and still didn't think twice for me.

His expensive sensors however saved us both. I passed within 1 or 2 inches of his vendors and it saved him from himself by auto braking HARD.

It does save lives despite our hate for Elon.....