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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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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 52 points 21 hours ago

Drivers in rural areas are taught to hit the brakes and maintain their lane.

Which the Tesla didn't do. It plowed full speed into the deer, which arguably made the collision much much worse than it could have been. I doubt the thing was programmed to maintain speed into a deer. The more likely alternative is that the FSD couldn't tell there was a deer there in the first place.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Braking dips the hood making it easier for the deer to go into the windshield. You should actually speed up right before hitting to make your hood go up and make it hopefully go under or better stay in the grill.

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 32 points 21 hours ago

Doesn't this all depend on the height of your car and the condition of your shocks? Doesn't seem like a hard and fast rule. Also, you're assuming rear wheel drive. FWD does not "raise the hood" like you're playing Cruising USA.

[-] troed@fedia.io 21 points 20 hours ago

Please show me that guideline, anywhere.

/Swede living in the deer countryside

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago

Wear gloves when they hand you that guideline because they might be pulling it out of their ass.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Maybe, but it's still the case that slowing down will impart less energy to the collision. Let up on the brake before impact if you want, but you should have been braking once you first saw the deer in the road.

Sometimes those fuckers just jump out at you at the last minute. They're not smart. But if you click the link, this one was right in the middle of the road, with that "Deer in the headlights" look. There was plenty of time to slow down before impact.

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Conditions matter and your reaction should always be for the worst possible scenario (moose and snow), braking removes your ability to maneuver as well, and locking the brakes up which will almost always happen when you panic break, would be the worst scenario. If there’s snow or rain, braking again is right out.

If it jumps out and you can’t do anything but brake, you shouldn’t do that, you grip the wheel and maintain speed, and if you can punch the gas for the hood raise. But people panic and can’t think. So maintain speed, don’t panic and lock your brakes up.

[-] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 12 hours ago

In this case, the deer just stood there in the road.
Any driver and any AI should be able to stop before the obstacle in that case.
Cause it could be a human, or a fallen tree instead of a deer.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 7 points 18 hours ago

You should know how to brake without causing maneuver problems (including not locking up the wheels). It is a basic skill needed for many situations. Just keep slowing down, the accelerate just before impact is something that can only be done in movies - any real world attempt will be worse - remember if you keep braking you lose momentum, so the acceleration needs to be perfectly timed or it is worse.

[-] criitz@reddthat.com 16 points 21 hours ago

This sounds made up

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 21 hours ago
[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Right before hitting begin the keyword. If you can stop before hitting yes that’s ideal, but in situations where it jumps out and you can’t react. Braking during impact is the worst thing you can do.

If you think I’m saying to line it up and accelerate for 200meters, I dont know what to say about that,

[-] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

Braking during impact is the worst thing you can do.

This is not correct, where are you getting this from?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 15 hours ago

Dude, the article just said to hit the brakes "if you can't avoid hitting a deer", the exact scenario you described... Did you even open it?

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I can see it in the headline, without opening the article

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 11 hours ago

akshually that's the sorta-nonstandard text fragment that tells the browser to automatically scroll to the text, not the headline at all

[-] Ferris@infosec.pub 5 points 21 hours ago

aight what's your strategy for hitting a giraffe, then?

[-] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Same for a moose? Speed up so you clear it before gravity caves your car roof.

You maintain speed, you can’t maneuver well if braking, and as stated your hood dips while braking too which can cause worse issues.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 16 hours ago

The whole premise of ABS brakes, which all cars made in North America since 2012 will have, is specifically to allow you to maintain control when you fully apply the brakes. Unless you are a professional driver or have a car without ABS, you should just fully apply the brakes in an emergency stop. Please stop telling people that fully applying the brakes will reduce manueverability when it won't for the majority of drivers in the developed world.

And if someone's vehicle doesn't have ABS, they should know how to properly brake without locking their tires, and when it won't be appropriate to use them.

[-] Aphelion@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

That's a good strategy to ensure you die: a mooses torso is already higher than the hood of a lot of SUVs, so you're taking a moose to the face.

[-] troed@fedia.io 11 points 20 hours ago

Troll comment.

You do that - you die.

[-] Slowy@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

No, for moose you are actually supposed to swerve and risk the ditch.

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 18 hours ago

I don't know, where I live giraffes are only in the zoo and thus never on the road. I'm not aware of any escaping the zoo.

I'm sure if I lived around wild deere, my training would include that, but since I don't I was able to save some time by not learning that.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

What if you're driving through a zoo though?

[-] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 10 hours ago

I've never been in a zoo I'm allowed to drive more thln e wheelchair through. They may require extra training - I would not know

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