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by jjav 266 days ago
> Well, I have to admit that your friend has a point. Humans are bad at reacting quickly and correctly to unexpected situations, and some debris large enough to damage your car showing up from out of nowhere

I read this comment before seeing the video and thought maybe the debris flies in with the wind and falls on the road a second before impact, or something like that.

But no, here we have bright daylight, perfect visibility, the debris is sitting there on the road visible from very far away, the person in the car doing commentary sees it with plenty of time to leisurely avoid it (had he been driving).

Nothing unexpected showed up out of nowhere, it was sitting right there all along. No quick reaction needed, there was plenty of time to switch lanes. And yet Tesla managed to hit it, against all odds! Wow.

My impression of Tesla's self driving is not very high, but this shows it's actually far worse than I thought.