Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with Left-Hand Drive Cars

Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by idlewords on Sunday July 02, 2023 @01:49PM (#36563753)

Driving any LHD car in reverse converts it to RHD, with the additional safety benefit of a longer crumple zone between the driver and oncoming obstacles. I'm surprised Tesla didn't come up with this simple solution.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by 3dbrows on Sunday July 02, 2023 @01:54PM (#36563822)

Yes. Also, one could quite trivially turn the driver’s seat and steering column 180 degrees in the UK model, yielding the benefits you mention, as well as that of facing the direction of travel in reverse gear.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by idlewords on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:27PM (#36564790)

I bet getting the self-driving software to work in reverse would only require flipping a sign.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Sunday July 02, 2023 @02:35PM (#36564296)

Nah. They're more likely to replace the steering wheel & pedals with an Xbox controller so you could drive the car from any location.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by stavros on Sunday July 02, 2023 @02:57PM (#36564509)

Not a Logitech one?

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by fsckboy on Sunday July 02, 2023 @11:02PM (#36568245)

too much of an implosion risk

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by HeyLaughingBoy on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:27PM (#36575236)

I had to give them some credit.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by WirelessGigabit on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:11PM (#36575014)

Like in Men in Black 2?

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by nntwozz on Sunday July 02, 2023 @02:26PM (#36564197)

Very surprising indeed, the endgame must be to eventually replace driver and passengers with the upcoming Tesla Bot.

Remote controlled through VR they would allow the user to live vicariously without risk of injury when doing things outside of the comfort zone.

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Re:Tesla Gives New UK Owners a ‘Reacher’ Stick to Deal with ... by fsckboy on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:53PM (#36568186)

>the additional safety benefit of a longer crumple zone between the driver and oncoming obstacles

and even better if you have some baby seats strapped into the (formerly) back seats, those things are designed to be tough and safe!

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