And so we enter the world of robo-taxis

(Bloomberg) – Tesla Inc.’s self-driving taxis appeared to violate traffic laws during the company’s first day offering paid rides, with one customer capturing footage of a left turn gone wrong and others traveling in cars that exceeded posted speed limits.

In a video taken by Rob Maurer, an investor who used to host a Tesla podcast, the Model Y he’s riding in enters an Austin intersection in a left-turn-only lane. The Tesla hesitates to make the turn, swerves right and proceeds into an unoccupied lane meant for traffic moving in the opposite direction.

A honking horn can be heard as the Tesla re-enters the correct lane over a double-yellow line, which drivers aren’t supposed to cross.

In two other posts on X, initial riders in driverless Model Ys shared footage of Teslas speeding. A vehicle carrying Sawyer Merritt, a Tesla investor, reached 35 miles per hour shortly after passing a 30 miles per hour speed limit sign, a video he posted shows.

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No wonder people are saying that FSD is driving more human-like than ever before. :imp:

The Captain

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Humans would never do this

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including engineers who specialize in self-driving safety.

Three of the seven experts tasked exclusively with writing regulations for the Cybercab and Tesla vehicles equipped with autonomous driving systems were among those laid off.

Elon:“regulations? We don’t need no stinking regulations.”

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Just curious, can Robotaxis be pulled over and ticketed by the police? I’m smelling a new profiteering opportunity…

When you book your ride, you have a few options on how you’d like to get to your destination:

  • Slow and steady - $4.20
  • Teenage driver - $13.19
  • Bank robbery get-away driver - $69.69
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  • Blue Moon, big band swing version

The Captain

Bank Robbery Get-away driver

The chicken in black.

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I was thinking more along the lines of “Tell Laura I Love Her”, “Teen Angel”, “Last Kiss”, or “Dead Man’s Curve” or any of the other teenage tragedy songs that were so popular in the late do-wop period.

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Moved by a TMF human, not a bot, because that human thought this was a better place. Delete them and they will just be gone.

I tried to delete the OP and evidently I don’t have permission to do that.

Wow, company specific regulators ?

Hmm, Waymos still have these kinds of problems too:

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Never happen with a Zoox. :joy: :joy: