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Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits (www.engadget.com)

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Tesla has added another brazenly stupid new entry to its dubious safety record.

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[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was really confused why this was news because I remembered trying mad max mode. It's fucking batshit how aggressively it merges on that mode. I turned it off immediately. Although the speeding thing isn't new, all the autopilot modes will let you set the speed to 15 over or more by default

[–] August27th@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Part of me wonders if they sell your driving telemetry to your insurance company, and if those companies pay out more for data on worse offenders. If so, they're just letting you tie your own increased insurance rate noose by providing that option, for their own financial gain.

[–] FishFace@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago

Presumably not in California or wherever else there are sensible data protection laws?

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

Probably necessary for driving in Boston