[LeonM]

I don't know about other countries, but at least in the Netherlands the Benny Hill song is used mainly in videos to ridicule the subject. I remember when funny 'Home Videos' were a thing on TV (before cats took over on the interweb) this song was used in about 90% of them. So to me, using this song in something as serious as a self driving car demonstration is pretty weird.

[Aardwolf]

This song is also often used in a recurring absurd segment in cartoons when some people are running after each other and they go into / come out of random doors in a hallway.

[dexterdog]

Which is an homage to Benny Hill.

[agumonkey]

Probably to humble brag how Tesla made it so simple it's almost something to laugh at.

[alblue]

Technically the tune is called the "Yackity Sax" but it may well be more widely known as the Benny Hill theme tune.

[aequitas]

If you look at it from the perspective of the sane and rational (Tesla autopilot/a cartoon viewer) viewing down to the ridicule (Human drivers and their emotions/absurd cartoon scenario) I think it is well placed :)

[zantana]

I suspect it has to do with the video being sped up the same as the segments on the Benny Hill were, which masks one of the challenges of the self driving car. From my experiences, at least the northeastern us, driving the speed limit, in the traffic density shown in the demo, almost instantly attracts tailgating drivers who want to go faster.

[TeMPOraL]

It's just asking for someone to redo the movie with Kevin MacLeod for the soundtrack.

Come to think of it, I just feel like making a montage.

[tomjakubowski]

On the Internet, specifically on the Something Awful forums, it was was infamously paired with footage from 9/11 and posted either the day of, or the day after, the attacks. The video is called "tribute.wmv": https://youtu.be/2AYujWCCHRk