Tesla on 'self-driving' gets stuck on train track and hit by train
electrek.co
A Tesla Model 3 got stuck on a train track and was hit, albeit slightly, by a train in Sinking...
  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
    15·
    13 days ago

    Article casts doubt that the vehicle was actually in self driving mode and says the user should have intervened. IDK, but once you relax and just let the car do its thing, you stop being an active driver. The driver may not have realized what was happening until it was too late

    • Salvo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      81·
      13 days ago

      Driver assistance systems should never be called “Self Driving”. The only electric or hybrid vehicle that could even remotely considered “Self-Driving” is a Train, Tram or Bus, and even then, they all atill have drivers.

      • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
        2·
        13 days ago

        I was going to go on about the person who won the lawsuit for making coffee with the cruise control set in their motor home, but that is apparently a myth according to snopes.