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Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call (fuelarc.com)
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Take a look at this. A Tesla Robotaxi in Austin pauses, seems to reconsider a right-hand turn through some bollards, and then decides: "I’m just gonna send it."

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[–] 0 points 1 month ago (4 children)

*flex posts. Comments on reddit locate it here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VZRjSc325Kg7Vpq17

Yeah it shouldn't have gone in there because of the white line. But shouldn't there also be at least one other flex post there blocking it?

Either way, at least it managed to get out appropriately.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I'm honestly surprised that a Tesla Model Y fit in this gap. Maybe it ran over the first bollard a bit?

    Looks like so.

    Edit: And, IDK, "managed to get out appropriately" in this case would unfortunately mean throwing it in reverse and doubling back through the cross-walk, I think. It's never a good idea to run stuff over to get where you're going.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I was just looking into this a bit more, “managed to get out appropriately” is potentially actually going through the bollard after it fucked up.

    It broke the law going in there, but reversing through the intersection (crosswalk) to get out is also against the law in Austin and many many places.

    I know a lot of people do it (and I think I've seen a Tesla do it before too) but if you're stopped at an intersection and you fuck up and are slightly in the crosswalk, you're in most places, not allowed to back up. If you back up, you could actually be cited for 2 infractions, one blocking the intersection, and then another for the backing up. (edit: and in this case, it's just a matter of property damage if they go over it, and they're plastic because they know people will hit them, which is also sad)

    I really doubt the car was smart of enough to realize I'm not allowed to reverse, and i could safely drive over this though. I think something else in its decision making process happened with failures all over the place.

    I can't wait to see what the NHSTA report on this one says, hopefully there's some meaningful info in it.

    Maybe we'll even hear it called home for help and a person drove it over? There was one report where a support person remotely drove it into a chain at slow speed.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 month ago

    Yeah it ran over the first flex post.

    You don't want to back over flex posts, because if there's one still under the vehicle, it's going to end up like a spear in the belly of an animal. I once saw someone parked like that and was morbidly curious to see what happened when they tried to leave.

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