Well, folks, it happened again. Another Cybertruck running Full Self-Driving (FSD) decided that maybe today was a good day to end it all… by veering directly into oncoming traffic. The Incident: A Close Call with Head-On Catastrophe Dashcam footage from a Cybertruck owner shows their FSD-enabled vehicle cruising along a two-lane road. Everything seems fine… […]
Just a reminder that these stupid vehicles are throttle and steer by wire. So if the computer malfunctions in an exciting way it can and will kill you.
Oh don’t sell those things short. They can also kill people around them and not just their occupants.
And if there’s a fire the door handles seem to need the computer to work
Hey now, there’s a backup wire to open the door…!
It has a 50% failure rate, and just for fun, it’s hidden in an unlabeled compartment. Good luck, there may be a timed quiz on its location.
IMO the first thing owners should do is put a few emergency stickers pointing at it. How did they not do that at the plant.
Folks are adding fucking ripcords to theirs.
Like, a DIY emergency escape lever. A non-factory-stock way to open the doors in case of fire. Completely insane.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TeslaModelY/comments/1gq32dc/installed_these_emergency_release_straps_for_the/