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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 23 hours 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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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

If no one is liable then it's tempting to deliberately confuse them to crash

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

deliberately confuse them to crash

Won't the people doing that be committing attempted murder?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 points 12 hours ago

Self driving cars don't need to have anyone on board

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 13 hours ago

Ask the KIA boys how much they care about murder charges.