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this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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Every other user on the road is forced to engage with it, including vulnerable users like cyclists and pedestrians. They didn't agree to it. They weren't asked if they're okay with it.
And Tesla in particular, more than other self-driving ventures, has been incredibly reckless in what features they roll out and how easy they make it for their drivers to be unsafe while using it.
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And to really get it you have to have been a vulnerable commuter (cyclist etc) in an encounter with a car where they've clearly just not seen you and will kill you if you're not constantly on the look out for such things.
Despite being well informed about such things I was still shocked my "first time" as I watched a car just turn into me like I wasn't there while the driver was looking elsewhere.
cars were already a problem. Weaponising them with tech hype is toxic.