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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

submitted 4 months ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

To be fair, the roadrunner it was following somehow successfully ran into the painting.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (6 children)

To be fair, I'd be surprised if half the humans driving didn't do the same.

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I mean you're watching from a recorded video. I really doubt that it wouldn't be anything but obvious to actual humans eyes. i mean our depth perception alone would tell us something is wrong. You're just not watching this in 3D.

Maybe at 55 or 65 mph on a foggy day. But I doubt any person paying attention isn't seeing the obvious anchors holding the wall up and the incorrect perspective at 40 mph.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

paying attention

That's doing a lot of heavy lifting

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[–] arankays@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (31 children)

I tried Waymo when I was visiting LA a few months ago. Genuinely terrific stuff.

I do not trust Teslas one bit though.

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