I’ve been in a situation before where braking would have been the worst idea.
Like a split second later and I would have slammed into the side of the dude that backed out in front of me.
But I realized that very quickly and decided not to hit the brakes at all. I just quickly jerked my steering wheel to the left, which minimized the damages to the corners of our bumpers.
Ask AI to do that kind of maneuver on the fly and it’ll totally fuck up, because AI doesn’t actually know how to drive…
Sometimes, brakes are not the way.
Sometimes, steer the wheel hard left or right real quick to avoid a side impact.
I guess AI hasn’t ever lived a day in the real world…
Indeed you’re right, the following drivers should have been paying more attention. Regardless, shit happens, whether it’s a wet noodle or a dry chip controlling the vehicle.
How about a sideline test, send a half dozen electric vehicles through a tunnel, all on autopilot, and have the lead vehicle blow a tire. What would all the following vehicles on auto drive end up doing?
I hear ya, but it would have to be done with at least some form of red safety indicator, like…
“NO CONNECTION, LOCATION ESTIMATED”
On a side note, why don’t Teslas obey the law that says not to stop in tunnels?
And it still might take a minute or two for your cellular to reconnect to gather further directions.
Some apps just might be better about the cellular reconnect side than others, I haven’t tried them all.
Even then, it can take over a minute to reconnect to some cellular networks after a tunnel blackout, which may exceed the timeout of some mapping app data requests.
GPS (and cellular) doesn’t work in tunnels, and it takes a number of seconds for it to reconnect and get GPS coordinates again once you come out of the tunnel.
This is true for all GPS apps and services.
After reading over yet again, maybe ‘suspicious’ wasn’t the best word. Still sounds awkward, but nothing I’d think people should get too upset about.
Every situation is different though, and there’s crazies out there that will just as soon shoot a person for knocking on the wrong door.
Sigh, I’m getting more and more disappointed with humanity by the day…
I don’t see how that should upset anyone. It’s meant to be a polite generic question. Even if you’ve had a bad day, you don’t have to divulge any information, just simply say ‘alright’, and they most likely won’t ask you any more.
Where I’m from, “How are you doing?” really is meant to be a polite way of engaging with a stranger at a cash register or other public customer facing job.
It’s not like they said anything offensive, they’re just trying to engage a little polite conversation. Which you are most certainly not obligated to engage in if you don’t want.
For me, I’ll usually answer with whatever generic crap is going on that day, like “Man it’s cold outside yo, can you turn the heat up out there?”
Edit: Oh, I read more after your edit, yeah that seems a bit awkward and suspicious, different situation than I posted. But I’m leaving my comment as is regardless.
Only if it floats.
Plot twist: It was actually Dove Soap…
And? I did that on bicycle occasionally in Mississippi, way faster than a vehicle no less.
I mean I want a pizza delivered by horse, even if I gotta ride the horse my damn self.
Well now I want a pizza delivered on horseback.
Check out Ian Davis’ prosthetic hand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kixS5Sy0F9s
In at least one of his videos, he demonstrates a ‘lock under load’ feature that enables him to lift fairly heavy objects.
I don’t think you’d get any magic superhuman powers, but it’s pretty badass regardless.
Sea creatures not only consume microplastics, they also literally ‘breathe’ in the feces of other sea life.
Imagine if our air was filled with gaseous shit.
Oh, wait…
You ever eat shark or alligator?
I’ve had both, even if they’re not technically considered as fish. But if it’ll just as soon eat you, I’ll just as soon eat it, preferably first.
Logic!
That’s called a door, not a wheel. 😂🤣
Am I the only one that still knows how to use Internet Explorer 5 on Windows 3.11?
That’s not even a joke, it still sorta works, but you’re not gonna log into your bank account with it.
I’m being perfectly honest here, I tend to have very fast reaction time behind the wheel. But you’re right, not everyone has fast reflexes in an emergency pinch like that.
Still, I’m not about to wait on the lag of computer chips and shit to just have to guess if the vehicle is going to respond the way I’m trying to control it.
I don’t want lag, I want 100% realtime control.
Hell, I’m a nerd and I don’t trust chips.
Edit/Addendum: I prefer older model vehicles that weren’t built with spyware…