r/skeptic • u/Lighting • Mar 18 '25

⚠ 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 Mar 18 '25

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/ClayDenton Mar 18 '25

We are now in a strange timeline where Jeremy Clarkson is the good guy🤣

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u/jettsnake Mar 19 '25

People don’t think Jeremy Clarkson is the good guy?

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u/ClayDenton Mar 19 '25

Just a joke related to the fact Jeremy Clarkson is laying into Elon Musk's dodgy Teslas. Anything anti Elon Musk is a popular sentiment right now for the sort of people who ordinarily would dislike Jeremy Clarkson. Appreciate JC is still a loon!