my tesla bricked itself once, all the error sensors going off at once. I had it towed to tesla for repairs and they claimed they couldnt find anything wrong with it. I pressed them on that saying I knew it had a unix computer in it and had they checked the log with the times I gave them and then they found a bunch of things wrong. Their repair centers are evidently as incompetent and grifty as the rest of Musk's companies.

No, its got a brake and an accelerator pedal just like other cars. You can set it such that if you take your foot off the accelerator it automatically starts braking a little until it stops.