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This is from Tesla, the U.S. company which has been shipping a half baked safety critical feature under the name Autopilot/Full Self Driving for years, with no

This is from Tesla, the U.S. company which has been shipping a half baked safety critical feature under the name Autopilot/Full Self Driving for years, with no government pushback. America is basically the wild west. Whether you're a pedestrian or in another car, you're on your own.

ChatGTP 3y ago
Now you need a Tesla not to die. Every soccer mom will have one to survive the road wars.
- nightfly 3y ago
  More likely to kill the occupants of the Tesla than the other car
  - aaomidi 3y ago
    Probably not, the moment difference is gonna be huge and it’s basically gonna use the other car as a crumble zone.
    - mahkeiro 3y ago
      Ok but if you run into any other kind of obstacle, your body is going to dissipate a lot of energy.
      - aaomidi 3y ago
        Definitely. These cars are going to be awful for literally everyone.
    - surgical_fire 3y ago
      Unless one CT hits another.
    - nightfly 3y ago
      So best case both vehicles get to "share" the crumple zone of the non-Tesla, so still not as safe for either. Tesla x Tesla collisions both are fucked, and Tesla x anything else solid Tesla is fucked
- protastus 3y ago
  Yup. The bar keeps going up. First everyone started driving SUVs and pickup trucks. Then the SUVs and trucks got bigger and heavier until they could barely fit in a parking spot or highway lane. So obviously the next step was to make a truck out of steel with sharp edges, and have an enormously heavy battery for maximum destructive potential. America needs the CyberSUV.
  - kwk1 3y ago
    It seems to mirror very closely the dynamics of naval arms races.
grecy 3y ago
> America is basically the wild west Indeed. 125 people are killed every single day on the road in the US. No matter how you slice it, the US is an outlier compared to developed countries. [1] Per capita the US sees 12.9 fatalities per 100,000, worse than Chile and Mexico. More than twice the death rate of Canada (5.8) Per 100,000 motor vehicle per year the US sees 16.1 fatalities, comparable to Bulgaria and Lithuania, almost double the death rate of Canada (8.9) Per 1 billion vehicle kilometres driven, it's 8.3 fatalities. That's not quite double Canada's rate of 5.1, but still much higher than other developed countries The US is a very dangerous country in terms of vehicles compared to developed countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

ChatGTP 3y ago

Now you need a Tesla not to die. Every soccer mom will have one to survive the road wars.

nightfly 3y ago
More likely to kill the occupants of the Tesla than the other car
- aaomidi 3y ago
  Probably not, the moment difference is gonna be huge and it’s basically gonna use the other car as a crumble zone.
  - mahkeiro 3y ago
    Ok but if you run into any other kind of obstacle, your body is going to dissipate a lot of energy.
    - aaomidi 3y ago
      Definitely. These cars are going to be awful for literally everyone.
  - surgical_fire 3y ago
    Unless one CT hits another.
  - nightfly 3y ago
    So best case both vehicles get to "share" the crumple zone of the non-Tesla, so still not as safe for either. Tesla x Tesla collisions both are fucked, and Tesla x anything else solid Tesla is fucked
protastus 3y ago
Yup. The bar keeps going up. First everyone started driving SUVs and pickup trucks. Then the SUVs and trucks got bigger and heavier until they could barely fit in a parking spot or highway lane. So obviously the next step was to make a truck out of steel with sharp edges, and have an enormously heavy battery for maximum destructive potential. America needs the CyberSUV.
- kwk1 3y ago
  It seems to mirror very closely the dynamics of naval arms races.

grecy 3y ago

> America is basically the wild west Indeed. 125 people are killed every single day on the road in the US. No matter how you slice it, the US is an outlier compared to developed countries. [1] Per capita the US sees 12.9 fatalities per 100,000, worse than Chile and Mexico. More than twice the death rate of Canada (5.8) Per 100,000 motor vehicle per year the US sees 16.1 fatalities, comparable to Bulgaria and Lithuania, almost double the death rate of Canada (8.9) Per 1 billion vehicle kilometres driven, it's 8.3 fatalities. That's not quite double Canada's rate of 5.1, but still much higher than other developed countries The US is a very dangerous country in terms of vehicles compared to developed countries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...