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18. Well, Volvo has been promising just this kind of thing for a while now...

Reply to Caribbeans (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2023, 10:07 PM

Feb 2023

...it's not only Tesla claiming that the future will be totally automated. I remember seeing a clip from this promo video in a Volvo commercial a few years ago now.

Check out 3:28-9:22 of the YouTube video.

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Video captures Tesla driver apparently asleep at the wheel on I-15 [View all] Caribbeans Feb 2023 OP

wow... scary. BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 2023 #1

He's not asleep, he's in a freaking coma. zuul Feb 2023 #2

I am just sitting here with my mouth open in disbelief rurallib Feb 2023 #3

Asleep? purr-rat beauty Feb 2023 #4

Now you don't just have to watch out for overworked truckers on uppers trying to meet the time limit appleannie1 Feb 2023 #5

Far more worried about sleepy truckers than a sleepy drive in a rare Tesla. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2023 #10

Actually the rate of moniss Feb 2023 #19

People fall asleep behind the wheel all the time FBaggins Feb 2023 #6

I suspect that I will never trust that technology. CentralMass Feb 2023 #7

Ditto. My cars don't have electronic ignitions nor windows! sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #13

To be fair, remote start is great helping you find your car in a parking lot. forgotmylogin Feb 2023 #14

My 2014 Accord will lower windows ... jdadd Feb 2023 #20

How about if someone from a time machine took you 100 years into the future? Polybius Feb 2023 #28

Happens all the time, including in regular cars. Xolodno Feb 2023 #8

don't video ,,pull in front ,slow down, do a (low speed) brake check. gfwzig Feb 2023 #9

Can Elon spin this into a positive? keithbvadu2 Feb 2023 #11

Sure Polybius Feb 2023 #29

That looks like a drug stupor, and both are in it FakeNoose Feb 2023 #12

I know I have never been asleep while driving or I would have crashed, friend of a friend Feb 2023 #15

driver and passenger alseep ZonkerHarris Feb 2023 #16

If you're going to a Fentanyl party, and you eat Fentanyl beforehand, does that indicate that you NBachers Feb 2023 #17

No, I might have a little top-shelf Fentanyl at home, then take some generic stuff to give the host. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2023 #25

Well, Volvo has been promising just this kind of thing for a while now... keep_left Feb 2023 #18

wake up Snoopy 7 Feb 2023 #21

tragic scenario llashram Feb 2023 #22

WOW! poor passenger. bluestarone Feb 2023 #23

Maybe these cars should be made to detect a driver in that condition XorXor Feb 2023 #24

Teslas have had this feature since 2020. Kablooie Feb 2023 #33

Oh cool. I take it that can't be disabled, right? XorXor Feb 2023 #34

No, it can't. Kablooie Feb 2023 #35

That's NOT a TESLA driver asleep at the wheel. Wonder Why Feb 2023 #26

In 50 years, this won't be a problem Polybius Feb 2023 #27

In all fairness Turbineguy Feb 2023 #30

What's the old saying? cab67 Feb 2023 #31

The idiot! oasis Feb 2023 #32

People falling asleep at the wheel isn't anything new, if anything this is a improvement. Lancero Feb 2023 #36