297 points

Guy whose cars run into stopped fire trucks thinks he’s an expert on computer vision.

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Someone died because one of those cars thought the broadside of a white semi trailer was the sky and drove under it

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I thought it mistook the semi that was crossing a divided highway as an overpass and attempted to drive under it?

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This is exactly how Ed Truck died. His capa was detated from his head.

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55 points

But was it a “stealthy” fire truck??

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Yes, but the car only had enough low-light cameras but not enough rudimentary AI

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Speaking of fire trucks has anyone here ever read the emergency response procedures for teslas in severe accidents? When I was a volunteer we gave it a look over.

If I remember right, Depending on the model they recommend up to 8,000 gallons (~30k liters) to keep an overheating battery’s temp stable in case of fire or exposure to high heat. I’ll link the resource page here.

Our engine holds 700 gallons (5.2k liters) and the typical tanker in our area holds 2,000 (7.5k liters)

That’s a house fire level response for a single electric vehicle. Just getting that much water moved to a scene would be challenging. We have tankers, but how many city departments can move that much water? You don’t see hydrants on highways. And foam is not effective like it is for normal car fires. The future will be interesting for firefighters.

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30,000 liters is 30m^3, which is a back yard swimming pool full of water.

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Now imagine a house on fire with a tesla in the garage or multiple vehicle accidents. Now you need that much more

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I found a link on how the Austrian fire workeres handle this. The fire is extinguished first, then the remainders of the car are put into a special roll-off container (Abrollbehälter, AB) and driven to a gravel pit, where the container will be flooded with 21000 litres of water.

https://www.feuerwehrmagazin.de/nachrichten/news/elektroauto-in-flammen-einsatz-fuer-den-abrollbehaelter-e-brand-93315

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That’s interesting. Tesla says the cars shouldn’t be submerged but I wonder if there’s any serious consequence if you did?

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It is especially important to understand that Tesla’s struggles with navigation are entirely a result of Elon refusing to equip them with LiDAR. This isn’t some “The tech is really new and really complicated and we’re still figuring it out” problem. There is a very good solution to most collision avoidance scenarios, but Elon refuses to let them use it because he’s an idiot.

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They also sometimes lock people inside and burn them to death.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/terrified-friends-burned-death-tesla-34087725

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55 points

Also… Fighters are fast, the point is you should fire the missile before you see it.

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The f-35 is built for engagements outside the horizon, like, the target is blocked by the curvature of the earth.

Light sensitive cameras and rudimentary AI…

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Pssh, all you need is a gravity lens to bend the light, problem solved!

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So we use a black hole to bend space time and look into the past where it isn’t. We know where it isn’t in the past.

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7 points

but have you considered that if i can’t see it then it doesn’t exist?

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Hmm, that’s a good point, like air, right? Total scam.

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dont even get me started on air

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82 points

someone tell ellen about beyond visual range

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Elon Denegerate

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Watch as he dances under every low bar

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Easy. Just build a giant ball of telescopes and ban water

Edit: Kinda forgot about the horizon. Ban the earth too. Better yet ask the physicists to borrow their ideal frictionless vacuum.

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MY LENS IS DIRTY REEEeee oh wait I found alcohol.

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Elon Musk is an idiot

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MUH AY-EI

Did he replace his brain with AI already? Because it sure fucking looks like it.

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He has always been this stupid.

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His greatest achievement has been buying contracts that state he has invented things that he didn’t invent.

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