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Old 08-30-21, 04:43 PM
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This ahole is at it again, lol.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsBr_4jeh_/
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Originally Posted by Och
This ahole is at it again, lol.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsBr_4jeh_/
He doesn't seem to have many followers. Looks like a pretty lonely guy from what I can tell
Old 08-30-21, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
He doesn't seem to have many followers.
Who's gonna jump on this bandwagon? It's likely to crash and burn!
Old 08-30-21, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Och
This ahole is at it again, lol.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CSsBr_4jeh_/
It’s astonishing that it is that easy to trick a Tesla. Tesla really needs to better this loophole. A proper weight sensor should easily do the trick.

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Old 08-30-21, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
It’s astonishing that it is that easy to trick a Tesla. Tesla really needs to better this loophole. A proper weight sensor should easily do the trick.
The weight sensor is there. Just like the driver camera. It's a choice not to turn it on.
Old 08-30-21, 08:10 PM
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He is going to win the Darwin Award for sure, it’s only a matter of time.
Old 08-30-21, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
It’s astonishing that it is that easy to trick a Tesla. Tesla really needs to better this loophole. A proper weight sensor should easily do the trick.
Like most cars, you can turn off a lot of the safety monitoring features. On my wife's Ioniq you can turn most everything off with easily accessible buttons, and if you are really daring you can even pull the fuses to disable traction/stability control
Old 09-01-21, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Like most cars, you can turn off a lot of the safety monitoring features. On my wife's Ioniq you can turn most everything off with easily accessible buttons, and if you are really daring you can even pull the fuses to disable traction/stability control
Fair points. But, you shouldn’t be able to turn off the self driving measures or defeat them in this case.

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buttons, and if you are really daring you can even pull the fuses to disable traction/stability control
All of my cars, it’s possible to turn off the traction control. On both my 4Rs I can permanently disable stability and traction if I lock the center differential with the dash mounted control.
Old 09-01-21, 04:22 PM
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The guy should lose his drivers license and be prosecuted for this behavior. Thats more the issue than expecting carmakers to make it impossible for people to do stuff like this
Old 09-01-21, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786
Like most cars, you can turn off a lot of the safety monitoring features. On my wife's Ioniq you can turn most everything off with easily accessible buttons, and if you are really daring you can even pull the fuses to disable traction/stability control
I don't think you can turn off the Tesla AP safety features.
The latest OTA update enables the driver dash camera to both help the driver and hopefully stop the idiots who trick the system.
My understanding the driver image data is not public; it stays with the car.
Old 09-01-21, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
The guy should lose his drivers license and be prosecuted for this behavior. Thats more the issue than expecting carmakers to make it impossible for people to do stuff like this
you don't think they already suspended his license? he blatantly said the 1st time he was caught that he was going to do it again. this is one of those situations where the law hasn't caught up with the technology. I wonder if they could claim he's a danger to himself and others and hold him without bail?
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Originally Posted by tex2670
you don't think they already suspended his license? he blatantly said the 1st time he was caught that he was going to do it again. this is one of those situations where the law hasn't caught up with the technology. I wonder if they could claim he's a danger to himself and others and hold him without bail?
If they can’t, they should be able to.
Old 09-01-21, 08:15 PM
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People have spent time in jail for way lesser offenses. But then again if he has a wealthy family, a good lawyer can get you out of anything.

"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"
Old 09-22-21, 02:53 PM
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Car finally arrived. Acceleration is something else. Especially being 4000+ ft above sea level, I never really got to experience the true power of any of the ICE cars of my past. Only driven it a few days but I'm happy with the purchase. Gonna put new wheels and suspension on next week.




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Yay! Congrats!


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