Tesla's "Mad Max" mode is now under federal scrutiny

(arstechnica.com)

46 points | by asplake 4 hours ago

7 comments

hydrogen7800 1 hour ago

I find myself asking "how is this legal" several times a day lately. Why does "tech" get to stress-test long standing rules and norms? It's an attitude of "I dare you to regulate us". I'm remembering a comment on HN a week or so ago . To paraphrase: "thing, but from the internet".

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- wasting_time 1 hour ago
  
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Centigonal 2 hours ago

Either it's overhyped marketing, or Tesla has automated aggressive A-hole driving. I don't like either option.

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- vichle 2 hours ago
  
  In Sweden, Tesla is the new BMW. It attracts aggressive A-hole drivers, so no need to automate it.
pavel_lishin 2 hours ago

> Mad Max
Fellas, the "Torment Nexus" tweet was supposed to be a joke.
dimal 16 minutes ago

“Move fast and break things” is taking on a very literal meaning.
johnisgood 1 hour ago

How could they think that this is a good idea? Baffling.
beefnugs 1 hour ago

Isn't it kind of dumb that only after something like this hits world wide distributed news does anyone investigate anything?

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- rsynnott 42 minutes ago
  
  As far as I can see they rolled it out without any warning, and, well, presumably without asking the regulators.
- lux-lux-lux 1 hour ago
  
  The feature was only available this month
ocdtrekkie 2 hours ago

This is one of those things where if we had a normal functioning regulatory environment, Elon Musk would be in jail long before he got this obvious. Having an "Autopilot" mode people get killed by because it doesn't actually drive the car should've been plenty.

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- monerozcash 58 minutes ago
  
  There has to be some acceptable maximum rate at which your products can kill people, and Tesla's autopilot is probably below that rate.
- noir_lord 1 hour ago
  
  Agreed but we are through the looking glass at this point.