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This ~~subreddit~~ community is devoted to the lovable idiots who do hilarious, idiot things in their idiot cars (or trucks, motorcycles, tractors, or other vehicle). We honor them with gifs, videos, images, and laughter.

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Fired Tesla Employee Posts New Video of Full Self-Driving Running Red Light (jalopnik.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Regna to c/idiotsincars

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/1812073

cross-posted from: https://derp.foo/post/81940

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, naming it auto pilot was the dumbest idea

[–] LeeNeighoff 0 points 10 months ago

I think "autopilot" is an accurate name. An aircraft's autopilot is not designed to allow unsupervised flight. It merely assists with the more "mundane" tasks so the pilot can focus on things that need more active human monitoring. It seems that the type of people to buy these cars for this feature are also the type of people who do not understand what an autopilot is supposed to do. I guess in that sense, I do agree with you.

My thing is that these cars have enough design problems already, and I feel like conflating an autopilot feature with how people are abusing it will pull focus away from the larger issues. Like that horrible manual door release design in another post, and other questionable safety choices.