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To my read, the author sets up owning a Cybertruck up as the vehicular equivalent of owning an assault weapon: "A bulletproof three-and-a-half ton stainless-ste
by troelsSteegin 3y ago
To my read, the author sets up owning a Cybertruck up as the vehicular equivalent of owning an assault weapon: "A bulletproof three-and-a-half ton stainless-steel truck equipped with “Bioweapon Defense Mode” designed to slam through other cars is the perfect vehicle for a society where over a third of people are scared to walk around at night." Hard to support that without hearing from buyers, but I thought that was rather pointy.
- threeseed 3y agoThat statement is entirely factual though. Musk has continually promoted the car as being bulletproof. And we know from regulators and crash tests that it's going to be a nightmare for pedestrians. To the level where in many countries it is likely to not be street-legal. Factor in the sports-car level acceleration and it is going to be an unprecedentedly dangerous car.
- huijzer 3y agoIf I have to choose between a "comfortable" car to be hit by without active safety features and an uncomfortable car that has active safety features, then I rather choose the latter. In other words, rather a car that is driven by a human and might break from itself than a "comfortable" car driven by only a human.
- verve_rat 3y agoThat's a total false dichotomy though. No new consumer vehicles in that price range lack active safety features like automatic breaking. The cybertruck is just unnecessary in its disregard for other people.
- maxerickson 3y agoDidn't they roll down the windows when they shot it? Pretty sure the standard windows aren't bulletproof (and therefore the vehicles with the standard windows aren't bulletproof either). So in the end it's mostly just for show.
- pa7ch 3y agoWe don't know that. I think its likely safer to pedestrians then an F150 because the hood is significantly lower. The steel ia irrelevant, trucks don't crumple already for pedestrians, they crumple for other cars.
- bsder 3y ago> Musk has continually promoted the car as being bulletproof. South African aparteid mafia understands what the up-and-coming dictator aspires to.
- pvg 3y agoThere are lower-hanging, pointier fruit to be plucked there but the author didn’t pick them https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_security_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_security_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casspir#/media/File:Caspir1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casspir#/media/File:Caspir1.jp...