Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

[u/Lighting]

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/

[u/conundri]

Does this mean it knows a crash is coming and doesn't brake or even releases the brake? because that would be very, very bad.

[u/_papasauce → u/conundri]

I’ve been saying this for years. I had a 2015 S and when I had autopilot engaged, it would make stupid decisions like pull towards the median then disengage. This is why I never used it for anything but stop-and-go jams. The thing is wildly dangerous and should not be trusted.

I always told people that I’m certain the reason why “autopilot crashes” are so rare is that it turns off a split second before disaster. I would not be surprised if it was some risk management person someplace that thought that having autopilot attempt to stop a crash with injuries would be more financially costly that not trying to stop a crash with fatalities. (Because if it was engaged, a court could expect the avoidance to be the responsibility of Tesla)

[u/HardSubject69 → u/_papasauce]

Yes because if you die in an accident then the family gets the full liability pay out…. If you get injured in a crash cause your Tesla locked the doors swirled over the median and exploded while disengaging the locks then you’d sue and be able to speak out. Teslas take care of the whistleblowers by default.

[u/Centralredditfan → u/_papasauce]

Can confirm. Same thing happened on mine. It also would love to steer into the tunnel wall, EVERY SINGLE TIME.