I know 2 people, completely separate and accross the country from each other that have wrecked due to autopilot failures or errors or whatever. I know this is ultimately anecdotal, but it really seems like Tesla isn't putting up pretty good numbers given my horizon.
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There's also the fact that there's fucking nothing in Arizona to hit. The state is more than half desert.
That's kind of the lady's point more so than the tesla
there were other options that didn't obviously support a nazi. by the time they started shipping it was clear who this person was. you had other options from ford, rivian, and gm. you chose not to take them for some reason
If she's sleeping and resting how can she see ppl giving her the finger?
I'm a psychologist who drives all over Arizona to do psychological assessments.
She has to drive a monster truck to appointments???
The long drives exhausted me until I got a Tesla Cybertruck, which has self-driving features.
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In 2024, a few months after my Model 3 lease ended, I knew I wanted to purchase my next car. Since the vehicle is technically for my business, it needed to be big enough for a specific tax code. The Cybertruck was the only one that fit the bill.
TLDR; She has it because of the "self driving" functionality and the US horrible vehicle tax.
my self-driving Cybertruck helps reduce my ~~exhaustion~~ lifespan.
... and the lifespans of those around me.
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When you knowingly and willingly drive a Swastikar, you're going to receive negative attention.
Because people doesn't know how useful the Swastikar is, they do everything that a chinese car do, cost more money but is not chinese!
It's almost impossible for the average person to purchase a chinese EV in the US, mostly due to high tariffs, trade barriers, and regulatory roadblocks. I'd love to see the market opened up to competition from chinese companies.
Tbh I totally forgot about the chinese EV situation in the US when I made the joke
The Cybertruck then became the right vehicle for me In 2024, a few months after my Model 3 lease ended, I knew I wanted to purchase my next car. Since the vehicle is technically for my business, it needed to be big enough for a specific tax code. The Cybertruck was the only one that fit the bill.
This is the real joke in this story. She bought it because they rigged the tax cuts in favor of musky and the auto industry. She's dumb though, everything she is saving on expenses she dumped on the truck.
This actually started with Bush. I worked for some asshats that went and bought a Hummer for the company right after this went into affect.
The author mentions getting tired and having to take rest breaks while driving their normal car. I’d argue that if you’re too tired to drive, you’re way too tired to supervise FSD.
I get it, having a stressful and difficult job followed by a long drive home is hella hard. But at least, when you’re driving, you feel tired. You feel the need to pull over and rest, which is objectivelly more safe. In FSD mode, what happens if you fall asleep? Maybe the car will sense it, but what if you’re dozing off doing microsleep with your eyes open? (i’m not sure how common it is, it happens to me sometimes)
At least in a normal car your feet are on the pedals and hands on the wheel if you doze off. In FSD, you have to add the reaction time of a waking human to the time it takes to move your hands and feet to the wheel and pedals, and then you can apply a correction. It’s… geez.
she wouldn't have the need for a self driving car if worked less hours, lived closed to her job and used public transportation to go to work (in case her job couldn't be home office'd).
the thing is that this is essentially a capitalist and american problem.
I will say, cruise control makes driving much less tiring. I can put on something to listen to, change up how I sit, and just zone out with my thumb over the cancel button so I'll immediately slow and have time to slam on the brakes. If my cruise control would also match speed with whoever is in front of me and keep me in the lane, it would be even less tiring
That being said, the only way I'm using Tesla self driving is if I'm hyper alert and ready for my car to decide it wants to do some offroading
I have adaptive cruise in my minivan. I have six eight hour drives I have to make every year right now so the kids can spend time with their mom in another state. The difference making that trip before and after adaptive cruise is frankly unbelievable. In the past I would get home mid afternoon and take a nap. Now I stop at the grocery store, do chores around the house, or whatever else and just get to bed at a normal time.
The author mentions getting tired and having to take rest breaks while driving their normal car. I’d argue that if you’re too tired to drive, you’re way too tired to supervise FSD.
Not only that, but how effective could she be assessing patients when she's that exhausted?
Wouldn't it just be better... for everyone... to do these assessments via video call, like so many other healthcare professionals do? She's not assessing someone's broken bones.
I understand your larger point but many psychological assessments cannot be conducted virtually, though development in that area continues. Additionally, if assessment for social skills (such as ASD assessments) is the goal, that needs to be done in person.
Of course, I'm making assumptions about the type of assessments she's making. Still, I think there are alternatives to driving a monster truck around the state for these kinds of things. It's not like she's hauling a thousand pounds of paperwork around.
Oh absolutely, I do something very similar and while I do have to travel in a similar way, I certainly could never justify, nor would I want a vehicle like that.
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We already have self-driving vehicles, they are called public transit
I used to live in Phoenix, Arizona and I don’t blame her for driving. They NEED better public transit there. On the occasion my wife and I couldn’t drive, it was often faster to walk for literal hours than take the bus. Phoenix is the definition of sprawl. It upset me so much when people were complaining about the city extending the light rail.
All that said, this article is pure cope. She bought a truck that makes a political statement and is upset that people don’t like that it makes a political statement.
The funniest part is that tesla self driving is objectively unsafe. There’s a reason other auto manufacturers artificially limit their systems, which aren’t far behind and in some cases are on par or arguably ahead of teslas self driving. This is also part of the reason musk is getting involved in politics, to censure the nhtsa from reporting on accidents and deaths due to his systems and remove regulations slowing him from deploying his unsafe garbage
Like you can buy a Mercedes with drive pilot, which is a much more measured approach to self driving and fully hands off in tested and approved markets. You can buy a Cadillac with super cruise which does something similar, ford blue cruise, bmw driving assistant, etc
Notice the difference? Unlike teslas “beta” full self driving these work in managed conditions, either limited to geographic areas, road conditions, etc. they’re still bougie as fuck, dumb as shit relative to public transit, and ridiculously expensive, but if you’re going to trust your actual ass life to some robot shit maybe go with one of the ones that’s terrified of the liability involved and not the one run by a baby that will sweep your death under the rug.
But man a public transit system would just be the absolute worst right? Better keep dumping our money into making tons of shitty cars that can barely drive themselves. I get to spend 1/4 of a mortgage on a goofy looking piece of shit that breaks if you tow something with it, or if a scooter hits it, or if someone puts a magnet on it but at least I don’t have to sit near any poor people on my way to work
My partner hates seeing this. Looks like a block on the road and makes you question if you are hallucinating.
Archived page to get past BI's paywall
On the days I travel, I often have a full schedule of Social Security disability psychological assessments to conduct.
This person's job is looking for excuses to cut people's disability benefits.
Since the vehicle is technically for my business, it needed to be big enough for a specific tax code. The Cybertruck was the only one that fit the bill.
Picked the stupid thing as some kind of weird tax dodge?
Tesla's Full Self-Driving significantly reduces the stress of driving all over Arizona.
Definitely driving without paying attention to the road
This is probably the average cybertruck owner, I'll start flipping them off too. Fuck them.
I first turned to Tesla because I needed a car with self-driving features
They then go on to explain that the long drives were making them tired.
Or:
I’m overworking myself so much that even just traveling was forcing me to drive to the point of exhaustion.
Ever think maybe we’re headed in a bad direction with self-driving…
Wouldn't need to work so hard if you weren't making massive car payments
…or didn’t live in end stage capitalism where it’s impossible to afford anything.
I have difficulty seeing the exterior cameras on the cybertruck. Where are they located? Are they active at all times?
It's a bad idea to mess with Teslas. They are recording at all times, circularly, and if you fuck with it the owner will be able to get video.
Well, you inspired me to answer my own question. Here's the manual
Now I know where the cameras are. That's pretty good coverage. The reverse camera is on the tailgate. If it is lowered, the camera is unusable. However, there is a cabin camera that is rear facing. That may provide some coverage to the rear, but might be obscured by things inside. Appears to mostly be for watching the driver's eyes for inattentiveness, so I don't know where it is aimed.
To be clear, I bought the truck before he became a polarizing political figure.
In 2024
*In 2021.
She got the truck in 2024, the rental car in 2021. Still would have been an insane self-own, but 2024 is way crazier
Oh yeah, you're right. I was confused because she mentioned driving it for 3 years. Severe self-own!
Over the next three years, Ma'Lady and I drove more than 35,000 miles
SHE'S ACTING LIKE DRIVING 20 MINUTES AWAY IS GOING TO KILL HER
She spent all this breath talking about her exhaustion driving all over the place and then I got to this part and I had to count the zeros to make sure I read it right.
There are so many cars with adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assist, and many have even more features for highway driving, that are not a giant dumb truck. 'Road warriors' are some of the most car brained people to have ever existed.
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Business Insider published this woman’s blog post, as one does. Qui bono? https://drangelakenzslowe.com/
Business Insider (and Politico) have been bought by Axel Springer, a German publisher whose flagship paper is Bild, pretty much the German sun, and is generally a heaven for innacurate reporting, and general right-wing shit-headdery.
Also, of course she's the kind of person to hide that she gave a TEDx talk and not a TED talk until the last possible moment on her website.