Call me a cynical luddite but somehow I don’t trust today’s autonomous car technology to be reliable and fool-proof enough for that mechanism not to fail catastrophically and randomly because it’s raining or someone on the other side of the street made a sudden movement or Mercury is in retrograde or the company’s stock market just dropped 592 points because investors are furious after realising they wasted money on a backup or it’s Tuesday.
You know we already have autonomous doors for houses. I feel like theres a lot more trust involved having a 2 ton vehicle move significant speeds on the road than having it close a door
I do not know that. I’d also assume the technology to close a door on a car to work very differently from that on a house because a door on a house that may not be closed properly is far less dangerous than one on a car. Also, yes, I don’t trust that 2 ton vehicle either if it claims to be autonomous.
Behold the miracle of the slipping clutch, millenials. See It working without being digital and all without an app by the ancient secrets of mechanics!
I used to have a Tesla (traded it in). In the app you could open, but not close, the windows. It could be inconvenient at times but I assume the reasoning was similar.
IIRC people were testing cybertrucks for some auto-closing functionality, and if they encountered resistance, they would back off… Then try harder, slicing through hotdogs
That’s weird. Most of the cars I have had can open and close the windows from the fob. (Usually double press then hold unlock or lock, though one car I had [Accord] required the key in the door for the windows to go up.)
Right - I think the difference is that, when using a fob, you’re likely within line of sight or at least nearby your car and so presumably could observe or otherwise check for car occupants, but so long as your car and phone both have reception you can use the app from anywhere without any clue who might be in or around the car.
Giving them the ability to close their own doors just screams “kid’s arm smashed in automatic car door failure”.
Just make the motor not slam the door but close it slowly with not enough force to harm someone and put like two sensors + 1 backup in there
Call me a cynical luddite but somehow I don’t trust today’s autonomous car technology to be reliable and fool-proof enough for that mechanism not to fail catastrophically and randomly because it’s raining or someone on the other side of the street made a sudden movement or Mercury is in retrograde or the company’s stock market just dropped 592 points because investors are furious after realising they wasted money on a backup or it’s Tuesday.
You know we already have autonomous doors for houses. I feel like theres a lot more trust involved having a 2 ton vehicle move significant speeds on the road than having it close a door
I do not know that. I’d also assume the technology to close a door on a car to work very differently from that on a house because a door on a house that may not be closed properly is far less dangerous than one on a car. Also, yes, I don’t trust that 2 ton vehicle either if it claims to be autonomous.
But they built in a saw blade killswitch if a finger is detected a good decade ago or more. Surely they can apply such technology to cars.
It hasn’t yet been used without people around who can stop the process if it goes wrong.
The sawstop causes mechanical damage that must be repaired if activated. It’s more like an airbag than an e-stop.
Perfect argument that they are too immature to be on the road.
Behold the miracle of the slipping clutch, millenials. See It working without being digital and all without an app by the ancient secrets of mechanics!
I used to have a Tesla (traded it in). In the app you could open, but not close, the windows. It could be inconvenient at times but I assume the reasoning was similar.
New cars have automatic window up functions but strictly dont apply enough pressure to choke a child
Mine goes up automatically and if it encounters resistance, it goes back down again. I guess this is too hard for Tesla.
IIRC people were testing cybertrucks for some auto-closing functionality, and if they encountered resistance, they would back off… Then try harder, slicing through hotdogs
I saw carrots being sheared like nothing from the cybertruck.
Still hurts like hell though… from someone who once accidentally rolled up the window BEFORE pulling my head in. :-D
That’s weird. Most of the cars I have had can open and close the windows from the fob. (Usually double press then hold unlock or lock, though one car I had [Accord] required the key in the door for the windows to go up.)
Right - I think the difference is that, when using a fob, you’re likely within line of sight or at least nearby your car and so presumably could observe or otherwise check for car occupants, but so long as your car and phone both have reception you can use the app from anywhere without any clue who might be in or around the car.