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by Doman 3466 days ago
They are already programmed to avoid being smashed from behind. Watch these two cases [0:47, 1:54] https://youtu.be/JwknRVjUBCg?t=47 https://youtu.be/JwknRVjUBCg?t=114
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These were not on Autopilot, but human-operated maneuvers.

Why would Autopilot have a warning for frontal collisions but not for rear collisions? And why would Autopilot be speed-limited and all that if it was able to use launch mode to avoid a rear collision?

Wow, that makes me want a Tesla for real :)