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

submitted 5 days ago by whydudothatdrcrane@lemmy.ml to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

to be clear, the secret service cannot prohibit the president from doing anything they really want to do

Was Trump lying when he said the SS wouldn't take him back to the capital on Jan 6?

I could definitely see him lying about that so he doesn't look like he abandoned his supporters during the coup, but I could also see the driver being like "I can't endanger you, mr president" and ignoring his requests.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Was Trump lying when he said the SS wouldn’t take him back to the capital on Jan 6?

Definitely not. There is no way in hell the secret service would have taken the president to that shit show. Doesn't mean that they would have physically arrested him if he insisted going on his own, however.