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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·2 days agoIt’s creepy that Tesla is immediately telling the world what this guy did in his car. It shows that they really are spying on all Tesla drivers all the time and they’ll publish that information at the drop of a hat to save face.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoMaybe if there weren’t so many scam artists and ambulance chasers, they wouldn’t need black boxes. Toyota avoided millions in lawsuits with black box data that showed the crying moms on TV were lying.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoThey’re not “spying”, they’re logging analytics in a black box essentially, for situations exactly like this. They’ve accused the Tesla of malfunctioning essentially, publicly, so Tesla have told the public exactly what actually happened.
minus-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agowhile I agree with you, this guy had his foot on the accelerator 100% of the way. in this case, if true, I’d have to side with tesla here
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoHundreds of drivers panic mash the wrong pedal every week.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoThe sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·2 days agoTesla claims the sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 day agoYes, that’s what I said. There are two implications: Sensors never fail which is known not to be true. Tesla doesn’t lie about accident data which is also known to not be true. https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoThere’s a big difference between the “sensor said it was at 100%” and “Tesla claims the sensor said it was 100%.”
It’s creepy that Tesla is immediately telling the world what this guy did in his car. It shows that they really are spying on all Tesla drivers all the time and they’ll publish that information at the drop of a hat to save face.
Maybe if there weren’t so many scam artists and ambulance chasers, they wouldn’t need black boxes.
Toyota avoided millions in lawsuits with black box data that showed the crying moms on TV were lying.
They’re not “spying”, they’re logging analytics in a black box essentially, for situations exactly like this.
They’ve accused the Tesla of malfunctioning essentially, publicly, so Tesla have told the public exactly what actually happened.
while I agree with you, this guy had his foot on the accelerator 100% of the way. in this case, if true, I’d have to side with tesla here
Hundreds of drivers panic mash the wrong pedal every week.
ok what’s your point
The sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
Tesla claims the sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
Yes, that’s what I said. There are two implications:
Sensors never fail which is known not to be true.
Tesla doesn’t lie about accident data which is also known to not be true.
https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/
There’s a big difference between the “sensor said it was at 100%” and “Tesla claims the sensor said it was 100%.”