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Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wall Painted to Look Like a Road… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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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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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

As a human who watches the video, I can say no. The wall would not have fooled me.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Many people tend to doze off so much they would absolutely get fooled. I admit I might, too, especially if the wall is made of a material that needs no guy wires to prop it up. They either used digital effects or a very good color grading job, it's uncanny.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Are you sure though?

If you knew to expect a wall it is pretty obvious but if you aren't expecting a wall it might prove confusing.

I probably would stop either way.

[–] shawn1122@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

There's no way the wall would look real as your perspective shifts while yoi over closer to it. Most humans would react to that by at least slowing down.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I watched the video. The wall would not fool a human with object permanence.

Anyone who is fooled, is likely impaired enough that they are not legal to drive.

[–] Retropunk64@lemm.ee 3 points 15 hours ago

The hell does that have to do with object permanence?