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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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[-] jewbacca117@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I read something a while back from a guy while wearing a T-shirt with a stop sign on it, a couple robotaxies stopped in front of him. It got me thinking you could cause some chaos walking around with a speed limit 65 shirt.

[-] heavydust@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Teslas did this in the past. There was also the issue of thinking that the moon was a red light or something.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or when a truck is moving traffic lights

https://youtu.be/QhA2CH6Z-v4?t=99

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's almost as bad as Sidewinder missiles locking onto the sun.

[-] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, it is really hot...

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

So don't delay, act now, missiles are running out. Allow, if you're still alive, six to eight years to arrive. And if you follow, there may be a tomorrow, but if the offer's shunned, you might as well be locking on the sun.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

They're not reading speed limit signs; they'll follow the speed limit noted on the reference maps, like what you see in the app on your phone.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yikes, there’s a 25 around here that shows up as a 55 in Google Maps.

Also a 55 that goes down to I think 35 for just a moment when it joins up with a side road. I wonder what a Tesla would do if it was following that data.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

The same thing a Tesla always does: behave erratically and dangerously.

[-] audaxdreik@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think one of my favorite examples was using simple salt to trap them within the confines of white lines that they didn't think they could cross over. I really appreciate the imagery of using salt circles to entrap the robotic demons ...

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