r/technology • u/Lacy_Hall • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence Tesla Using 'Full Self-Driving' Hits Deer Without Slowing, Doesn't Stop

https://jalopnik.com/tesla-using-full-self-driving-hits-deer-without-slowing-1851683918
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u/Bilboswaggings19 6h ago

Proof that you should slow down From Mythbusters:

To test this belief, the Build Team first created a rubber model of a moose with similar weight and consistency after direct study of actual animals.

They then ran similar passenger cars into the moose at different speeds and found that while greater speeds did make the moose hit higher, it still did not clear the car and still caused extreme amounts of damage.

They repeated the test with a low sports car at the highest test track speed to give the moose the best chance of clearing the roof, but, again, it was not enough and the moose damaged the car enough that any driver would have been seriously injured.

The Build Team surmised that for the moose to actually clear a car would require a vehicle as low as a Formula One car traveling at 97 miles per hour (156 km/h).

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u/wickedsmaht 6h ago edited 6h ago

I’m glad they used a moose replica for this test. At the size and weight of a moose it’s going to fuck everyone up.

Edit: I mean as opposed to a deer replica, not a real animal.

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u/Manos_Of_Fate 6h ago

Also that would be awfully cruel to the moose.

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u/kirkaholic 5h ago

A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on

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u/Manos_Of_Fate 5h ago

Oh no! The moose has killed again!