• Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s gotten to the point that whenever people see Teslas, they automatically start laughing.

    Tesla also seems to have taken over the “douchebag driver” stereotype that used to be reserved for BMW’s and Mercedeses.

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      11 months ago

      There are a lot of roundabouts where i live and when i see a tesla, he’s either not using his turn signal or is on the phone or somehow very often both. Tesla people seem to be on their phone more often than other people in the road. Which is even weirder, because they all have that elaborate electronics on board, no?

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        11 months ago

        Tesla people seem to be on their phone more often than other people in the road.

        I don’t know, I see people in all different makes of cars talking on their phones while driving - usually that weird shit where they’re holding it flat in front of their face and yelling into the mic. I’m a school bus driver and whenever somebody blows past my flashing lights (which happens a lot), 99% of the time they’re on their phone and not paying attention. One time I even had a cop do this.

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        11 months ago

        Who can bothered with silly driving when there are calls to make? They only bought a Tesla to have an electronic chauffeur. Even though it’s not supposed to be used for that.

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          11 months ago

          Only a few people at my workplace drive Teslas and let’s just say they have… specific types of personalities to them.

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      11 months ago

      If they weren’t all so abysmally bad at handling their cars, maybe I’d have a different take. I swear that I get cut off, stuck behind, blocked by, or otherwise inconvenienced for dumb reasons by Teslas every time I drive.

      It’s like despite all the cameras, they have zero spatial awareness. Or it’s a direct reflection of what’s in their head.

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        11 months ago

        Eh…

        I hate to do it, but in fairness the worst drivers are going to be the first to adapt self driving cars.

        The issue is Tesla misrepresents how “self driving” their cars are.

        So idiots who are bad drivers think the car is a good driver. Because they’re comparing it to their own driving, and overestimate how good they are at it