If someone could drive "less than 10cm behind" a pedestrian without them noticing, my reaction is to be impressed with such astonishingly precise driving.
Astonishingly precise driving should be reserved for a closed circuit, not a public street, where there are a million other variables you can't control.
That's why a good driver in public is a smooth and predictable one, not one who can just parallel park with 2 cm space in one go every time.
The pedestrian guy did not hear the Tesla. And the Tesla was really that close. I saw it and thought what the heck is happening - even if the road is yours, why would you choose to drive that close to a pedestrian - who at any time can choose to stop or to turn around. It's stupid, because if the Tesla would even slightly touch the pedestrian, it would be a serious problem for the driver.
I looked at the Tesla driver, then the pedestrian noticed something is wrong and then noticed the Tesla, too, and left the lane.
This is a very risky and reckless driving behavior. I've seen such behavior from young guys wanting to impress or some stupid drivers with fast cars who things the roads are belong to them. The Tesla driver was about 50y old.
I've should have made a video and post it here. No one believes me :)
I don’t believe you. When the two entities are a wheeled vehicle and a bipedal animal, the differences in locomotion are too different to achieve a sub-10cm clearance.
I'm not questioning what you said, I'm saying that you are wrong.
It's obviously not true that "adaptive cruise control or FSD" could explain your anecdote. Adaptive cruise does not engage in a Tesla unless the road is marked and painted. FSD is not available in Germany. Even if it was, it's far too cautious around pedestrians, it wouldn't allow itself to get within 1 metre of a pedestrian let alone 0.1 metres.
It's also obviously not true that "Tesla used" anything, because the car in your anecdote was owned and operated by a (presumably) licensed driver and not by Tesla.
A better hypothesis for your anecdote is that the driver was French and not that driving a Tesla vehicle somehow reprograms human brains to drive dangerously.
That's why a good driver in public is a smooth and predictable one, not one who can just parallel park with 2 cm space in one go every time.