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Tesla Fans Furious at Video of Tesla Crashing Into Wall Painted Like Road (futurism.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago (20 children)

And the president is driving one of these?

Maybe we should be purchasing lots of paint and cement blockades...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (18 children)

The president can't drive by law unless on the grounds of the White House and maybe Camp David. At least while in office. They might be allowed to drive after leaving office...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (7 children)

This isn't true at all. I can't tell if you're being serious or incredibly sarcastic, though.

The reason presidents (and generally ex presidents, too) don't drive themselves is because the kind of driving to escape an assassination attempt is a higher level of driving and training than what the vast majority of people ever have. There's no law saying presidents are forbidden from driving.

In any case, I would be perfectly happy if they let him drive a CT and it caught fire. I'd do a little jib, and I wouldn't care who sees that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Mostly sarcastic, but there is a secret service rule that the president is not allowed to drive on public roads. The rest is all debatable because it hasn't been litigated. They answer to the president, but a president can not refuse secret service protection.

The current understanding is that they can strongly suggest things, but ultimately, they have to figure it out if the president doesn't follow.

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