The vehicle prompts you to keep your eyes on the road and be prepaired to take over at any moment every single time you enable this feature. To pretend that Tesla drivers don’t know this “because of false advertising” is just as fasle as the advertising itself.
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kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months agoThey might be using it how Tesla markets it.
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 months ago
machinin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Tesla marketing is their chief marketer retweeting videos of people having sex on autopilot and making jokes about it, or the doctored video on their website where the driver spends the whole drive without touching the steering wheel, or the Tesla’s CEO driving around in a news interview with his hands of the wheel fort much of the ride, or promoting influencer videos that don’t follow that guidance.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
- Autopilot != FSD. He’s probably using the latter
- Take a closer look at his leg. He’s wiggling the steering wheel to fool the safety mechanism. When you intentionally bypass a safety feature, you can’t claim ignorance
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 2 months ago
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
No, the majority of crashes I’ve seen. Nowhere does the marketing say read your email and take you hands off the wheel.
machinin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Musk’s retweet of the people have sex on autopilot with the cute little joke is Tesla marketing.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Fsd is really sketchy. It either works like a dream or wants to kill you. It’s why you have to agree to a disclaimer when using it otherwise it’ll disable.
Autopilot if a fancy cruise control. It’s pretty solid but appears to have an issue with fire trucks. I know of one fatal accident where it drove into a firetruck without enough time to react. Tesla should be liable for that. Their product failed and they removed the radar that would have prevented that scenario.
I haven’t seen the video you are mentioning. It would be stupid for them to market that as a current feature. You must keep your hands on the wheel at all times in fsd. It might accelerate you full speed into oncoming traffic and the car is fast
machinin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
indianexpress.com/…/musk-courts-controversy-with-…
Yeah, a responsible CEO would take measures to remove the video, makes statements about the dangers of abusing the system, etc. instead, Tesla CEO, which is also the main marketing account, makes jokes about it.
Tesla is full of “the driver is always responsible” small print, and then promoting the reckless use of the system through influencer videos and winks from the CEO saying that the legal stuff it’s just due to those peaky regulators. If it wasn’t for them, you wouldn’t really need to keep your hands on the wheel or pay attention. The car just drives itself.
ShepherdPie@midwest.social 2 months ago
Why do you assume everyone follows Musks words as much as you do?
machinin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do you think current and prospective Tesla owners could escape the online marketing system that pumps this info into their online life? One of the reasons I started countering all the Musk bullshit was because I couldn’t escape their online marketing presence. It is everywhere. I might as well have fun fighting it. I’m sure that if you’ve clicked any Tesla marketing links, you’re inundated with their BS.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlThdr3O5Qo
A 2 minute long video of a tesla showing self driving in traffic where the driver isnt touching the wheel. From Tesla and on their official channel.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
That is a full self driving demo and has nothing to do with the Accidents. Full self driving and auto pilot are two different things. When you sign up for fsd you agree to not take your hands off the wheel and pay extra attention. Most of the accidents are autopilot which is enhanced cruise control.
deranger@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I don’t really give a fuck what the terminology is to be frank. The technology leads to unsafe behavior.
deranger@lemmy.world 2 months ago
So I assume autopilot disconnects as soon as you take your hands off the wheel, or there’s iris tracking to ensure you’re looking at the road? It’s not like either of these is exotic technology.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It does both. Not immediacy but after about 30 seconds.
kbin_space_program@kbin.run 2 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlThdr3O5Qo
No, it does not.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Elon Musk claimed that full self driving would be ready in 2017!!
So how many false claims by Elon Musk does it take for someone to think the car can handle trivial situations?