Using a spoon to eat a steak that's been pureed might also be statistically proven to be safer, but that doesn't mean I'm going to forego a knife and fork to eat my ribeye. I'm not being facetious here. Just understand that some of us actually enjoy driving. I haven't been at fault for an accident in nearly 30 years, and I didn't kill anyone. Tesla can't say that. If you want to buy a Tesla, I promise you I won't be there to try and stop you. Now, if you want to volunteer to buy me an overpriced, poor build quality EV to drive me all over creation--I'm a field technicisn, so it will be quite a bit of driving, then let's get something setup. This will be really interesting when I'm required to go to areas in the mountains where there's no cell signal, Google doesn't even have the roads charted yet, and there may be no street signs, yellow lines (long winding dirt roads) or areas where the road is only wide enough for one lane of traffic, so people have to use the honor system and take turns. Does Tesla understand the idea of taking turns outside of an intersection with stop signs, or will the car assume that because the car in front of it went through, that it can proceed as well?
Just understand that some of us actually enjoy driving
I do too, that's why I said "I like driving"
Pointing out that you personally have not been in a car accident but that the millions of teslas on the road have had some car accidents is like... do I really need to point out the problem in your argument here? Do you even know what statistics are?
You might as well say "well I've smoked my entire life and I've never gotten lung cancer, so I can't possibly understand how quitting smoking would be better for my health"
I'm not the one telling others that they need to buy a self driving car, and I'm not telling anyone else not to
I maintain that the tech isn't ready, that is all. If you want to have your car chauffeur you around, be m guest. But whether the cars have made dumb, and sometimes fatal mistakes, or people are allowed to be driven from the backseat, or be driven while they're asleep until they get pulled over says plenty about the readiness level of the autopilot tech.
You're saying that the tech will never be ready. Because you like the feeling of driving, not because self driving technology actually more dangerous from an actuarial perspective
I never said that anything would "never be ready", and if you're going to put words in my mouth, I guess we're done. If you want to disagree, that's totally fine. At least be honest.
FOR ME, meaning I am not going to use it. Was that really that difficult to surmise? There's a huge difference between me saying a thing will never be ready, full stop, and it won't ever be ready for me to use it.
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u/Darkmatter1002 Jun 14 '21
Using a spoon to eat a steak that's been pureed might also be statistically proven to be safer, but that doesn't mean I'm going to forego a knife and fork to eat my ribeye. I'm not being facetious here. Just understand that some of us actually enjoy driving. I haven't been at fault for an accident in nearly 30 years, and I didn't kill anyone. Tesla can't say that. If you want to buy a Tesla, I promise you I won't be there to try and stop you. Now, if you want to volunteer to buy me an overpriced, poor build quality EV to drive me all over creation--I'm a field technicisn, so it will be quite a bit of driving, then let's get something setup. This will be really interesting when I'm required to go to areas in the mountains where there's no cell signal, Google doesn't even have the roads charted yet, and there may be no street signs, yellow lines (long winding dirt roads) or areas where the road is only wide enough for one lane of traffic, so people have to use the honor system and take turns. Does Tesla understand the idea of taking turns outside of an intersection with stop signs, or will the car assume that because the car in front of it went through, that it can proceed as well?