Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Jun 29, 2025

I'm so glad this shit is not legal in the EU.

Car manufactures should not be able to release unsafe cars to the public and hide behind "it's just a beta, bro" excuses.

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/tesla-blows-past-stopped-school-bus-and-hits-kid-sized-dummies-in-full-self-driving-tests-183756251.html

Tesla blows past stopped school bus and hits kid-sized dummies in Full Self-Driving tests

Before the Cybercab rollout, anti-Tesla activists organized a demonstration showing the flaws of Full-Self Driving software.

Engadget
Show threadDarwin Woodka

@notjustbikes

and don't get us started on how bad the trucks are

Jun 29, 2025 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadDarwin WoodkaJun 29, 2025

@notjustbikes

I had a neighbor whose SUV got hit a few years ago IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE and the bumper just fell apart. it was styrofoam inside.

Show threadShanie MyrsTearJun 29, 2025

@darwinwoodka That's the point of a bumper though - a part that absorbs an impact and is replaceable for as little as possible.

Now if only the SUVs and trucks had a bumper that was scaled to regular vehicle heights by law...

Show threadPasswordsarehard4Jun 29, 2025
@shanie @darwinwoodka and lights in a standardized place and intensity.
Show threadWesDymJun 29, 2025
@darwinwoodka Modern bumpers are meant to absorb impact energy, and EPS does that very well. Older bumpers merely passed the energy on to the frame and vehicle, including occupants.