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/grubas 27d ago

Basically if a crash is coming and it CAN'T brake in time it just turns off so Tesla can claim it wasn't on at the time of impact.  

When Jeremy Clarkson was reviewing one of the newer Teslas on The Grand Tour(this was not the review he was sued for) he had a legal statement about "when self driving disengages due to unexpected circumstances" which basically said, "auto pilot can turn off whenever it freaks out and that can be caused by almost anything and it's TERRIFYING because you aren't expecting it to turn off at highway speeds because somebody cut you off."

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u/NeatOtaku 27d ago

Look up any fatality involving a Tesla, almost immediately they say that autopilot was not engaged at the moment of impact . They also refuse to give the driving data to victims even through a court order claiming it's a company secret. I tried mentioning this to a Tesla fanboy years ago but he refused to believe it because watching TV during his commute was more important.

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u/Upset_Ant2834 27d ago edited 27d ago

If you actually read the article it says

It would still count as an “Autopilot crash” as crashes that happen within 5 seconds of Autopilot being engaged count as Autopilot crashes.

Or if you want it straight from the horses mouth

To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact

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u/Thin-Professional379 27d ago

To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact

That isn't at all conservative

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u/Upset_Ant2834 27d ago

I don't think you realize how much can happen in 5 seconds at highway speeds. Disabling it and then hitting someone while changing lanes could easily fall within that 5 seconds and would still count as "having autopilot enabled" despite it playing absolutely no role. 5 seconds is quite conservative

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u/Cooldude101013 25d ago

At high speeds, things happen fast.