[ants_everywhere]

If Tesla's robotaxis develop a reputation for accidents, they'll create an unpredictable traffic bubble around them.

Some people will slow down to minimize the fatality of an impact and to increase reaction time (similar to people slowing down around a marked cop car). Others will speed up to ensure they don't get stuck behind or around one.

That happens with other unsafe vehicles (e.g. a truck that doesn't have its load well secured). But it makes me wonder what will happen if Tesla trains on the data of erratic driving created by its presence.

[boudin]

I'm doing this with Tesla's on the road already. When I see one i'm extra-cautious.

This company is so shaddy around all the driving assistance and FSD issues that i have 0 trust and will not until it is thoroughly investigated. They are quite behind other manufacturers on simple stuff like line assistance and automated breaking already, they are going out of their way to make every reported incident sounding that others are to blame, it just looks bad from end to end.

Rushing those robotaxis is just trying to hide the fact that they are quite behind the competition on all those fronts.

[queenkjuul]

On my last road trip i saw a Tesla go from 75 to 60 to 110 in the span of about 20 seconds then the driver pulled over and stopped and got out. No idea what the fuck happened there but I'm certainly giving them all a wide berth from now on. This was wide open road with almost no other other traffic in broad daylight.

[JKCalhoun]

"Honey, don't spook 'em!" (A thought that went through my head when the wife and I were recently driving in the Bay Area surrounded by Teslas, ha ha.)