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So not actually FULL anything and Tesla should be held accountable for creating safety issues due to false advertising.
The driver is to blame for their actions, but not the only one to blame.
Working Pedals (mostly)
Attached steering wheel (kind of)
Wheels may fall off: https://www.kbb.com/car-news/tesla-recalls-cybertruck-because-wheels-may-fall-off/
Wheels May Fall Off (will fall off)
Yes the naming convention is dumb but it wasn't at fault here.
Can we trust that pedal didn't malfunction this time and was actually pressed?
If it's anything like the e-pedals user in Subaru and Honda vehicles, they have two different independent position sensors in the pedal. The ecu monitors both, and the value from both must match. If there is a discrepancy, is uses the lower value or zero. So it's extremely unlikely the pedal could malfunction in a way to show 100% pressed.
But I don't know if Tesla does the same.
Drive-by-wire cars should all have two position sensors for the pedal. Teslas should have it too.
Even if that was the case, the driver should've pressed the brakes which would've overrode the accelerator.
Are you suggesting the system should ignore full pedal press?
I think it is very clear from what they wrote that they want Tesla's advertising practices, such as calling their driver aids "Full Self-Driving" to stop, since it creates a false impression.
Ah, so just botching in general and not at all related to the article in someone died.
If I want crass, I'll go to Facebook.
There's a fair presence of free thinkers on Lemmy, I'm certain more than on Reddit, but still plenty of those looking to get some upvotes by regurgitating prevailing opinions when applicable.
Lemmy never lets silly things like "relevance" get in the way of their hate boners.
Nor can they handle critism.
Tiny little egos with low emotional intelligence and no desire to grow, just point fingers and whine.
Who is "they" on a decentralised platform?
Who is being crass now?
I think you're telling us more about yourself than anything else.
Not at all and I have no idea how you got from 'this name is misleading in a dangerous way' to suggesting it work differently.
No, I get it. You could resist the opportunity.
I sure the victim and her family appreciates you guys using her death to drag Tesla despite being on a platform where almost everyone is in agreement.
It's more related to the term "Full Self Driving". It implies that the car is it's own driver and therefore, that you are a passenger. A driver needs to always have control, even if some passenger messes with the pedals because he fell asleep.