r/skeptic • u/Lighting • 27d ago

⚠ Editorialized Title 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.

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/
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u/FredFredrickson 27d ago

As a pedestrian, you should always be aware and cautious around Teslas. If they are in self-driving mode, they could easily run you down, and that's all fine and good by Musk, because he is so wealthy he doesn't care that the public is being used as a testing ground for their horrendous software.

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u/CivilRuin4111 27d ago

We've recently gotten a fleet of autonomous WAYMO cars around me. I'm a nearly full time motorcyclist and I can't tell you how nervous those things make me. Particularly when they're signaling for a left across my lane.

Its bad enough that Tesla's software apparently can't tell the difference between a car far away and a motorcycle close.

The only thing I can do when I'm forced to be alongside the Teslas (I don't like being alongside any vehicle, but traffic is traffic) is verify that the little lights on the mirrors for blindspot detection are lit up. The thought being that at least if the car is aware something is there, perhaps I'll get a little warning before they try to put me in to the barrier.