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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 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!

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

the solution is to slow until the following distance is enough for your speed.

I don't know what part of "that's not possible" and "drivers will cut in front of you like a waterfall" you're not understanding

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

The part where it doesn't happen, but even with people moving in front of you, you're still in control of your following distance and speed. If they move in front of me, so what? They'll be at the following distance I'm maintaining because they're continuing to move faster.

And even then I'm probably still at or above the speed limit.

So, not only would someone have to cut in front of me, they would then have to match my speed, and then progressively slow down more than me to keep me at an unsafe following distance, and eventually we'll be stopped on the freeway.

But if the driver keeps going, then I'm still where I need to be.

(Note: I still have no problem doing this while maintaining the speed of the general traffic around me)

I've heard your arguments about people cutting in front of you, many, many times, and to this day, having driven in many different locations in many different types of traffic, I've yet to have that happen when doing the things I'm talking about. So you can go on saying how it's not possible and I'll go on doing exactly what you think isn't possible anyway, without issue.

(Btw, my adaptive cruise maintains an even longer following distance at its max setting than I do, and even using that I've not had people do what you've said)

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

If they move in front of me, so what?

Then you're no longer doing what you said you were doing...?

They'll be at the following distance I'm maintaining because they're continuing to move faster.

...what? That's not how distance works? If you're 300 ft behind and someone cuts in 100 feet in front of you, you're now at a following distance of 100 feet. Congratulations, you've just failed the objective. Then you slow down, but that doesn't matter because this happens over and over again as people try to get around you.

I'll go on doing exactly what you think isn't possible anyway

No you wont LOL. You're lying.

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You're welcome to continue believing that, I can't stop you

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for your permission

[–] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

You're welcome to believe that was permission, I can't stop you

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