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Clueless Tesla Drivers
Hey guys, anyone else have an unusually large number of close calls with Teslas? I wonder if it has something to do with the self driving tech, there are autonomous cars all over my campus at work (kind of hate the bay area...) which are very obnoxious, but Teslas are on a whole other level of cluelessness. Im not saying most tesla owners are bad drivers, but it seems like most bad drivers own teslas. Once the tesla truck comes out its a wrap, im done for haha
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Only had one Tesla sneaking up on me on the torn up asphalt roads I ride. And he had a very nice ($$$$) bike strapped to its back...
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Not a Tesla fan, but where I bike the F150 is more of a threat. Not a lot of Teslas in Wisconsin.
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Hey guys, anyone else have an unusually large number of close calls with Teslas? I wonder if it has something to do with the self driving tech, there are autonomous cars all over my campus at work (kind of hate the bay area...) which are very obnoxious, but Teslas are on a whole other level of cluelessness. Im not saying most tesla owners are bad drivers, but it seems like most bad drivers own teslas. Once the tesla truck comes out its a wrap, im done for haha
So if there was an inherent "Tesla" problem it would have to be linked to autonomous driving. So if I put my Tesla into Autopilot and come up behind a cyclist, what does it do? Well it actually slows down and follows the cyclist, making no attempt to overtake in the same lane. It's very conservative in that regard. Maybe there are just loads of Teslas where you ride? It's just a numbers game. Whether or not you have a close call depends entirely on who is behind the wheel, not whether or not it is a Tesla.
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It's the Prius drivers in my area. And the Tesla drivers. BMW drivers aren't much better and don't get me started on the chick texting doing 50 in the 30 zone in her flashy white Mercedes. The old farmers in old trucks? The best
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this should be good for 4 pages, if it doesn't get the model "x".
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I saw something that said 1/3 of all crashes in the U.S. were caused by texting. Unsourced, so I'm just passing it on so you can pass it on unsourced.
If that's true, probably the low quality tesla self-driving is better.
I traveled to DC last week and all the Tesla drivers were really tentative. There was always heavy traffic though, so I did wonder if it was the way that autopilot (sic) behaves in heavy traffic.
If that's true, probably the low quality tesla self-driving is better.
I traveled to DC last week and all the Tesla drivers were really tentative. There was always heavy traffic though, so I did wonder if it was the way that autopilot (sic) behaves in heavy traffic.
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Okay I'll bite, since I drive a Tesla. Firstly, there is no correlation whatsoever between what people drive and their driving ability. Agreed? It's like saying American drivers are clueless. Or short drivers are clueless. Or women drivers are clueless? Get the point?
So if there was an inherent "Tesla" problem it would have to be linked to autonomous driving. So if I put my Tesla into Autopilot and come up behind a cyclist, what does it do? Well it actually slows down and follows the cyclist, making no attempt to overtake in the same lane. It's very conservative in that regard. Maybe there are just loads of Teslas where you ride? It's just a numbers game. Whether or not you have a close call depends entirely on who is behind the wheel, not whether or not it is a Tesla.
So if there was an inherent "Tesla" problem it would have to be linked to autonomous driving. So if I put my Tesla into Autopilot and come up behind a cyclist, what does it do? Well it actually slows down and follows the cyclist, making no attempt to overtake in the same lane. It's very conservative in that regard. Maybe there are just loads of Teslas where you ride? It's just a numbers game. Whether or not you have a close call depends entirely on who is behind the wheel, not whether or not it is a Tesla.
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Sure, in many situations it handles the basics well. But there are far too many incidents this past several years where the damned technology seemingly can't recognize some easily anticipated situations ... ones that we human drivers cope with all the time.
Whether the close swipes you're speaking of actually were caused by an "auto pilot" mode, my suspicion is that a great number of such cars still do what they do because of mindless, clueless drivers who'd drive just as abominably in a different vehicle.
Would love to have a little electronics-sensing module on my bike that scooped up all the radio/laser energy nearby in order to determine what sort of system was "pinging" me on the road as such vehicles approach. I suspect that, just as with video recording on bikes, such tech might help nail such drivers (or makers) to the wall when their close/dangerous calls get captured and documented. Not that it'd help avoid such collisions or close shaves.
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With more refinement, I have no doubt that self-driving cars will be safer than a bunch of distracted/drunk/foolish humans.
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What did bad drivers drive before there were Teslas?
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