In the piece — titled "Can You Fool a Self Driving Car?" — Rober found that a Tesla car on Autopilot was fooled by a Wile E. Coyote-style wall painted to look like the road ahead of it, with the electric vehicle plowing right through it instead of stopping.

The footage was damning enough, with slow-motion clips showing the car not only crashing through the styrofoam wall but also a mannequin of a child. The Tesla was also fooled by simulated rain and fog.

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[–] 46 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It's a highly questionable approach that has raised concerns over Tesla trying to evade guilt by automatically turning off any possibly incriminating driver assistance features before a crash.

So, who's the YouTuber that's gonna test this out? Since Elmo has pushed his way into the government in order to quash any investigation into it.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    It basically already happened in the Mark Rober video, it turns off by itself less than a second before hitting

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    He needs to post footage of it turning off as he drives. An uninterrupted one-camera take from start to crash to finish.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He did, I don't have the link unfortunately but he did post the unedited take from inside the car where you can see it turn off

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