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Tesla In 'Self-Drive Mode' Hit By Train After Turning Onto Train Tracks (www.jalopnik.com)
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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 58 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How the fuck do you let any level 2 system go 40 to 50 fucking feet down the railroad tracks.

We're they asleep?

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 33 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm not sure I'd be able to sleep through driving on the railroad tracks. I'm going to guess this person was simply incredibly fucking stupid, and thought the car would figure it out, instead of doing the bare fucking minimum of driving their goddamn 2 ton heavy death machine themself.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

LOL right? Like deciding to see what the car will do ON RAILWAY TRACKS is absolutely fucking bonkers.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

I’m going to guess this person was simply incredibly fucking stupid

Well, the guy owned a Tesla, it was pretty obvious.

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was gonna say it’s not so much the fact that the car was hit by a train, but that it turned on to the tracks …but 40 or 50 feet?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

Cop: WTF happened here?

Driver: It drove itself onto the tracks

Cop: Okay, but what about the other 49 feet of the 50 feet it's on the tracks?

Driver: ...