Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch - FuelArc News
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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 […]

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!

      • Laurel RavenEnglish
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        3 hours ago

        Okay, random Internet person I’ve never met, you clearly know my driving habits and how things go when I’m commuting better than me.

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          I know math, so let’s do some of that:

          The braking distance of a typical sedan at 70mph is 210 feet. Add another 70 feet for a reaction time and you’re talking about an entire football field of following distance. And that’s assuming you drive a sedan.

          There’s simply no way you can maintain that in a dense urban environment. Other drivers will cut in front of you like a waterfall. It’s nothing to do with what kind of person you are.