A 2025 Tesla Model 3 in Full-Self Driving mode drives off of a rural road, clips a tree, loses a tire, flips over, and comes to rest on its roof. Luckily, the driver is alive and well, able to post about it on social media.

I just don’t see how this technology could possibly be ready to power an autonomous taxi service by the end of next week.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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      1 hour ago

      The same is true when you put a cone in front of a human driver’s vision. I don’t understand why “haha I blocked the vision of a driver and they stopped driving” is a gotcha.

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      12 hours ago

      Probably Zoox, but conceptually similar, LiDAR backed.

      You can immobilize them by setting anything large on them. Your purse, a traffic cone, a person :)

      Probably makes sense to be a little cautious with the gas pedal when there is an anything on top the vehicle.

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        11 hours ago

        That and if you just put your toddler on the roof of the car or something or trunk for a quick second to grab something from your pocket…VROooOMMM baby gone.