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AFAIK pressing the brake pedal should cut the throttle (even most ICE cars do that) and also the brakes should be able to overpower the motors (unless you're do
by Toutouxc 3y ago
AFAIK pressing the brake pedal should cut the throttle (even most ICE cars do that) and also the brakes should be able to overpower the motors (unless you're doing 200 km/h down a mountain and you melt them before you can stop).
- cmsj 3y agoYep, the brake pedal will cut the throttle, but the throttle will fully re-engage when you lift the brake pedal again, so controlled manoeuvring of the car becomes extremely difficult.
- saagarjha 3y agoimo I would hit the brakes and coast to the side the road as soon as possible, then turn off the car.
- JeremyNT 3y agoThe driver in the video I saw demonstrating the Tesla issue mentioned he was able to brake and stop the vehicle successfully. The problem is, you don't know when a failure is coming (or more realistically, for most people, they aren't even aware that such a failure mode is possible). It's tough to guess how people respond when panicking, even if their rational brains could devise a solution given a little time to think about it.
- LinuxBender 3y agoSounds like a need for a "chaos testing mode" where the driver intentionally drives to an empty parking lot and presses the "DO NOT PRESS THIS BUTTON" and enters a password after accepting a bunch of waivers, disclaimers. Then the car does random things and the driver has to react to each thing after having taken a course on "Here are all the known knowns and known unknowns, minus the unknown unknowns". If this does not exist, then I want it to and videos must be uploaded somewhere we can all watch. Please make this happen.
- brokenmachine 3y agoGood idea, Elon!
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- Eddy_Viscosity2 3y agoIf this happens, couldn't you just steer the cybertruck into a car wash, I've heard that disables them.