oh my fucking god
Comment on Elon's Death Machine (aka Tesla) Mows Down Deer at Full Speed , Keeps Going on "Autopilot"
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoPeople are acting like drivers don’t hit deers at full speed while they’re in control of the car. Unless we get numbers comparing self driving vs human driven cars then this is just a non story with the only goal being discrediting Musk when there’s so many other shit that can be used to discredit him.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
T156@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I should be very surprised if people don’t generally try to brake or avoid hitting an animal (with some exceptions), if only so that they don’t break the car. Whether they succeed at that is another question entirely.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
People drive drunk, people drive while checking their phone, people panic and freeze, deers often just jump in front of you from out of nowhere.
pyre@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
… and that’s the kind of driving Tesla of trying to emulate? awesome.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
No, I’m saying that one video of a Tesla hitting a deer doesn’t prove that they’re less safe or just as likely as human to hit things when using assisted driving.
Show actual stats of accidents per miles driven compared to cars without assisted driving and then we’ll be able to talk.
If we had videos of every Toyotas or Hyundai or Ford that hit deers while being driven by a Jinan, this video of a Tesla doing it would just be a drop in a pool of water, but because it happened with an assistant behind the wheel people are acting like it means assisted driving doesn’t make cars safer.
TL;DR: It’s an anecdote, without actual stats it’s just noise to influence people’s opinion
jj4211@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And those people are breaking the law.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone panic so much they just act as if they didn’t even hit a deer.
In this case, the deer was just sitting there, so not applicable.
If it was this much negligence, they’d be facing vehicular manslaughter charges.
It’s scandalous when a human does it too. We should do better than human anyway, and we can identify a number of deliberate decisions that exacerbate this problem that could be addressed, e.g. mitigation through LIDAR, which Tesla has famously rejected.