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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up75arrow-down2·1 month 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-squarebig_slap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down6·1 month 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-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·1 month agoThe sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·1 month agoTesla claims the sensor said he had his foot on the pedal.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 month 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-up11·1 month agoThere’s a big difference between the “sensor said it was at 100%” and “Tesla claims the sensor said it was 100%.”
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoHundreds of drivers panic mash the wrong pedal every week.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 month 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-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month 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.
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.
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
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%.”
Hundreds of drivers panic mash the wrong pedal every week.
ok what’s your point
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.
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.