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Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

That is real journalism.

I'm surprised someone hasn't tried to ferry one onto Mackinac Island for emergency purposes.

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slidebite
Nov 6, 2005

Good egg
:colbert:

lol

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-man-on-the-hook-for-thousands-of-dollars-after-a-feature-on-his-tesla-caused-an-accident-1.6873830

quote:

George Ghazzoul is warning other drivers about the new Smart Summon feature on Tesla vehicles after his self-driving vehicle side-swiped another in a parking lot.

When Ghazzoul bought a Tesla two years ago, he admitted it wasn't just the car's style that drove him; it was his love of technology.

"Really, the selling point for me is the fact you get software updates and you always get new features on the car," he said.

One of the latest downloadable features is Smart Summon.

Like a valet service, it allows your car to come to you using your phone's GPS as its target destination.

Ghazzoul decided to give it a try on April 10 when he was at the Fairview Shopping Centre parking lot.

He used the feature to summon his parked car to pick him up.

"I was within range when I activated it," he said. "I saw it moving initially, but then it took a sharp turn right instead of pulling out of the spot first." He tried to deactivate the feature, but the car didn't stop in time, so he ended up sideswiping the car parked beside it.

The estimate for damage to both cars was several thousand dollars. Ghazzoul contacted Tesla about the accident.

He said since it was their feature that malfunctioned, they should take responsibility, but he said they told him to contact his insurance company instead and that it was not their problem since he activated the feature.

His insurance company, meanwhile, said he was fully at fault for the accident.

What's worse for Ghazzoul is that he has since discovered that it wasn't even legal for him to use this driverless feature in public spaces in Quebec.


"The rules were written before the technology existed," according to George Iny, the director of the Automobile Protection Association.

He said that it's up to drivers to know the rules of the road, including the fact that parking lots are considered public spaces and, therefore, this technology should not be activated.

He said, however, that it's also up to manufacturers to communicate this to their customers.

"There is also the issue of the ethical and moral compass of a company that sells you a feature that is no good to you, where the car is going to be registered and doesn't bother to tell you don't use this," said Iny.

He added that manufacturers could also not activate such features in markets where it would not be allowed.

Tesla did not respond to CTV's request for an interview.

Ghazzoul said that while he is relieved no one got hurt, he's now left to pay for the damages himself so that his insurance premiums don't go up. He says he feels disappointed with Tesla.

"There's no information on where to use it and where not to use it," he said.

He wants to warn other Tesla drivers not to make the same mistake he did, and check first before taking new features out for a test drive.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

quote:

"There is also the issue of the ethical and moral compass of a company that sells you a feature that is no good to you, where the car is going to be registered and doesn't bother to tell you don't use this," said Iny.
:roflolmao: As if Tesla gives a gently caress.

Or any other car company, to be honest.

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



You want to be a live beta tester like the uber chad tech warrior you are, sometimes that means having to spend $$$ to fix someone else's car bucko

Wistful of Dollars
Aug 25, 2009

Cactus Ghost posted:

god bless shitposting local papers

It gets better

https://x.com/hardin/status/1786965307346591768?s=46&t=6HOSYVrXffESMo0NlyR0Lg

Muscle Tracer
Feb 23, 2007

Medals only weigh one down.

Sagebrush posted:

note that this is also contrary to ol' musky's moronic personal precept that the user doesn't know what they want and their input is always wrong:



I know this is not anything new to the thread, but like... how can people think that this guy is intelligent? If almost all user input is error, then wouldn't we be getting into accidents >50% of the time that we get behind the wheel? Like, you don't need to follow this to its logical conclusion, just take it literally one step to discover that it is obviously untrue.

Cacafuego
Jul 22, 2007

Remind me again why Nader wrote unsafe at any speed and why someone hasn’t done one for Tesla resulting an equal response by the (any) government?

freelop
Apr 28, 2013

Where we're going, we won't need fries to see



Stolen from the Infowarrior ride thread

Weedle
May 31, 2006




Muscle Tracer posted:

I know this is not anything new to the thread, but like... how can people think that this guy is intelligent? If almost all user input is error, then wouldn't we be getting into accidents >50% of the time that we get behind the wheel? Like, you don't need to follow this to its logical conclusion, just take it literally one step to discover that it is obviously untrue.

maybe he personally is just an absolutely terrible driver and almost all of his inputs are in error. even an inherently faulty self-driving system is less dangerous than him operating a vehicle normally. this would explain a ton actually

Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


freelop posted:

Stolen from the Infowarrior ride thread

Imagine having so much of a hard on for a millionaire shitstain Karen ex-President that it's your daily personality.
I literally have nothing I care about enough to plaster semi-permanently on the entire surface of my car. A couple stickers, maybe (on the window, natch, so they're easily removable.)

edit: I don't put ANY political stickers on my poo poo, because I don't want to have those conversations with confrontation strangers. Or any conversations with strangers, really.

Weedle
May 31, 2006




Darchangel posted:

I literally have nothing I care about enough to plaster semi-permanently on the entire surface of my car.

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The Door Frame
Dec 5, 2011

I don't know man everytime I go to the gym here there are like two huge dudes with raging high and tights snorting Nitro-tech off of each other's rock hard abs.
It's called aposematism and we should thank them. If the Cybertruck wasn't enough of a red flag, the wrap unambiguously tells people to stay away from the person inside

Nitrox
Jul 5, 2002

The Door Frame posted:

It's called aposematism and we should thank them. If the Cybertruck wasn't enough of a red flag, the wrap unambiguously tells people to stay away from the person inside

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Darchangel
Feb 12, 2009

Tell him about the blower!


The Door Frame posted:

It's called aposematism and we should thank them. If the Cybertruck wasn't enough of a red flag, the wrap unambiguously tells people to stay away from the person inside

True, there is that.




That poor GTX. Savages!

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Y'know how people said the car would quite easily slice pedestrians up? Turns out it does the same to owners.

Don't click the image unless you want to see the inside of some dude's leg.

https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1787228522773369159?t=A6J3vtmnFvaWKtMGl3qy1Q&s=19

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
sure my ‘58 Plymouth Fury killed a bunch of people and drove me insane, but I still love the car.

Zero One
Dec 30, 2004

HAIL TO THE VICTORS!

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Y'know how people said the car would quite easily slice pedestrians up? Turns out it does the same to owners.

Don't click the image unless you want to see the inside of some dude's leg.

https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1787228522773369159?t=A6J3vtmnFvaWKtMGl3qy1Q&s=19

Cybertrucks can have little a you. As a treat.

Bulk Vanderhuge
May 2, 2009

womp womp womp womp
I really thought "design a car door so it won't slice you open" was a solved issue but here we are.

Cactus Ghost
Dec 20, 2003

you can actually inflate your scrote pretty safely with sterile saline, syringes, needles, and aseptic technique. its a niche kink iirc

the saline just slowly gets absorbed into your blood but in the meantime you got a big round smooth distended nutsack

jesus christ is it just the raw cut edge with no chamfer? do the trucks ship with burrs and poo poo hanging off the edges lol

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free

Cactus Ghost posted:

jesus christ is it just the raw cut edge with no chamfer? do the trucks ship with burrs and poo poo hanging off the edges lol

*as I gently drag my fingertip along the jagged and unfinished edge of my cybertruck door, finger pouring blood* precision like this is unthinkable. couldn't love this truck more

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
So slamming your penith in the car door is more risky than normal?

Blue Footed Booby
Oct 4, 2006

got those happy feet

Olympic Mathlete posted:

Y'know how people said the car would quite easily slice pedestrians up? Turns out it does the same to owners.

Don't click the image unless you want to see the inside of some dude's leg.

https://twitter.com/youwouldntpost/status/1787228522773369159?t=A6J3vtmnFvaWKtMGl3qy1Q&s=19

Fuckin ow. Imagine driving a vehicle that's just itching to whack you with a shovel. Imagine loving it.

BuckyDoneGun
Nov 30, 2004
fat drunk

Cactus Ghost posted:

jesus christ is it just the raw cut edge with no chamfer? do the trucks ship with burrs and poo poo hanging off the edges lol

Supposedly they came up with a process to "coin edge" the panels, but they still sharp as gently caress.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


BuckyDoneGun posted:

Supposedly they came up with a process to "coin edge" the panels, but they still sharp as gently caress.

Because the process that existing car manufacturers use for all mass produced cars to prevent the body panel/door edges from thirsting for blood required Distruption, or?

I even remember the mid 90s before low and mid-range PC builders learned what deburring was, and you ran the chance of flaying knuckles open adding a hard drive but even those low bidding bottom feeders fixed the problem!

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

Saukkis
May 16, 2003

Unless I'm on the inside curve pointing straight at oncoming traffic the high beams stay on and I laugh at your puny protest flashes.
I am Most Important Man. Most Important Man in the World.
On the latest Cybertruck video from TFLEV, on of the presenters mentioned he cut his leg on the corner of the tailgate while loading it.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Blue Footed Booby posted:

Fuckin ow. Imagine driving a vehicle that's just itching to whack you with a shovel. Imagine loving it.

Tesla fanboys are in an abusive relationship but won't be told.

Code Jockey
Jan 24, 2006

69420 basic bytes free

boy imagine a triangular piece of razor edged aluminum peeling off at "dipshit in a tesla" highway speeds

Nitrox
Jul 5, 2002

Was that also a stainless steel part?

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack

New death for the next Final Destination unlocked.

Colostomy Bag
Jan 11, 2016

:lesnick: C-Bangin' it :lesnick:

AirRaid posted:

New death for the next Final Destination unlocked.

Bystander dodges stainless Cybertruck trim spear while motoring down the highway. Trim piece falls harmlessly on shoulder...

Serjeant Buzfuz
Dec 5, 2009

Code Jockey posted:

boy imagine a triangular piece of razor edged aluminum peeling off at "dipshit in a tesla" highway speeds

I had a moonroof decide to depart my vehicle while driving down the highway, hoooolyshiiit that was a sound.

redgubbinz
May 1, 2007

"Still love the truck!" has to be the free space in a cybertruck fuckup bingo board

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:


Serjeant Buzfuz posted:

I had a moonroof decide to depart my vehicle while driving down the highway, hoooolyshiiit that was a sound.

Can you describe this sound? I'm imagining a nice WHOOOMP as it got sucked out.

Uthor
Jul 9, 2006

Gummy Bear Heaven ... It's where I go when the world is too mean.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

So slamming your penith in the car door is more risky than normal?

If you slam it and don't cut it off, the door will slam harder and harder until it does thanks to the AI.

Just-In-Timeberlake
Aug 18, 2003
hey remember the guy who nearly got his finger taken off by the frunk?

well people said he was doing it wrong so he did it again with predictable results

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTrK_7vUGiY

he should stick his dick in there next to prevent passing on his genes

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

Lol the cybertruck is the new "it's a jeep thing"

It's a Cybertruck thing, you wouldn't understand :colbert:

AirRaid
Dec 21, 2004

Nose Manual + Super Sonic Spin Attack

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Lol the cybertruck is the new "it's a jeep thing"

It's a Cybertruck thing, you wouldn't understand :colbert:

You’re right. I loving don’t. :psyduck:

Cacafuego
Jul 22, 2007

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Lol the cybertruck is the new "it's a jeep thing"

It's a Cybertruck thing, you wouldn't understand :colbert:

“Because you are SANE!”

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wesleywillis
Dec 30, 2016

SUCK A MALE CAMEL'S DICK WITH MIRACLE WHIP!!
I think it's a conspiracy.

Big oil planted a poo poo ton of anti-ev goons in Tesla factories to do lovely jobs of assembling the cars so that elon looks bad.

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