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Elon's Death Machine (aka Tesla) Mows Down Deer at Full Speed , Keeps Going on "Autopilot" (jalopnik.com)

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OK, its just a deer, but the future is clear. These things are going to start kill people left and right.

How many kids is Elon going to kill before we shut him down? Whats the number of children we're going to allow Elon to murder every year?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Is there a longer video anywhere? Looking closely I have to wonder where the hell did that deer come from? There's a car up ahead of the Tesla in the same lane, I presume quickly moved back in once it passed the deer? The deer didn't spook or anything from that car?

This would have been hard for a human driver to avoid hitting, but I know the issue is the right equipment would have been better than human vision, which should be the goal. And it didn't detect the impact either since it didn't stop.

But I just think it's peculiar that that deer just literally popped there without any sign of motion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Is there a longer video anywhere? Looking closely I have to wonder where the hell did that deer come from?

I have the same question. If you watch the video closely the deer is located a few feet before the 2nd reflector post you see at the start of the video. At that point in time the car in front is maybe 20' beyond the post which means they should have encountered the deer within the last 30-40 feet but there was no reaction visible.

You can also see both the left and right sides of the road at the reflector well before the deer is visible, you can even make out a small shrub off the road on the right, and but somehow can't see the deer enter the road from either side?!

It's like the thing just teleported into the middle of the lane.

The more I watch this the more suspicious I am that the video was edited.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I cannot support tesla now that I know they aren't vegan smh

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It kills the deer and keeps on going, it doesn't stop to let you collect it so you can eat it. They are chaotic evil vegans.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Just a small clarification.... Teslas only kill forward or backwards. Hardly ever has a car killed left or right 😂.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oooooh, can we shut Elon down? I mean literally shut down actual Elon. Does he have an off switch? He's gone wonky and I'd like to turn him off now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I’d like to turn him off now.

Just as well. If you turn him on he offers to buy you a pony.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How many deer are on that road? It's mowing down dozens of them in that video!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Deer often travel in herds so where there is one there are often more. In rural area you can go miles without seeing one, and then see 10 in a few hundred feet. There are deer in those miles you didn't see them as well, but they happened to not be near the road then.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I thought the deer would be running or something, but no its just straight on from the car, doesn't move at all! How the fuck does a deer standing dead center in front of you not get caught by the camera!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (11 children)

Honestly, I’m surprised the car was still in one piece. I’ve seen semi-trucks disintegrate after hitting a dear.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Whats the number of children we’re going to allow Elon to murder every year?

What's the number of adults?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

its just a deer

Deer are people too...

[–] MagicShel -1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (11 children)

I hit a deer on the highway in the middle of the night going about 80mph. I smelled the failed airbag charge and proceeded to drive home without stopping. By the time I stopped, I would never have been able to find the deer. If your vehicle isn't disabled, what's the big deal about stopping?

I've stuck two deer and my car wasn't disabled either time. My daughter hit one and totaled our van. She stopped.

That said, fuck Musk.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

I wouldn't be against using teslas to clean up the deer overpopulation problem in the US. I'm in favor of rolling this code into all Tesla models in the next update.

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