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Maybe you've never driven in flash floods, with hectic traffic and rain volumes that can shift between moderate and severe almost instantly. If you suddenly los
by mahoho 6y ago
Maybe you've never driven in flash floods, with hectic traffic and rain volumes that can shift between moderate and severe almost instantly. If you suddenly lose visibility, I think it's much safer to be able to flip your wiper dongle up to max than to slow down or try to pull off the road in an already chaotic traffic situation.
- Xylakant 6y agoI have. Yes, it would be safer if Tesla provided suitable switches, but absent that - your primary responsibility as driver is to safely control your car and that includes only driving as fast as visibility and road conditions allow. That means stop immediately if your visibility drops to zero, be it that your wipers can’t keep up or that you’re driving an unfamiliar car and you cannot find the wiper control. What would you do if you ran out of wiper fluid and mud or salt obscured your windshield? Blow through it? Turn on the hazard flashers if you need to. Your first priority is to keep the car safely on the road and not run into any obstacle. Everything else takes second priority. If you fail to do that, you’ve failed your task as driver, you most likely were too fast.
- closeparen 6y agoStopping in the roadway is itself an unsafe condition and you are certainly going to get rear ended, if not cause a massive pile up, particularly when visibility is poor.
- Xylakant 6y agoRear ending another car or running into an obstacle because you’re flying blind is not exactly a better option.