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Re:A Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death... by matthew28845 on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:41PM (#39653328)
It is on the newer ones. You swipe up on a touch control to go into drive, down to go into reverse. It's a horrible design that shouldn't be legal.
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Re:A Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death... by rqtwteye on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:44PM (#39653356)
That’s terrible. You should never have to use a touchscreen for basic driving functionality.
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Re:A Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death... by kwhitefoot on Saturday March 09, 2024 @12:49PM (#39653394)
I'm glad I have an old Model S!
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Re:A Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death... by rsynnott on Saturday March 09, 2024 @06:57PM (#39655607)
Wait, is that _real_? That’s ridiculous.
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Re:A Mistake in a Tesla and a Panicked Final Call: The Death... by irwinr on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @04:19PM (#39696913)
It's worse than that actually. The newer Tesla's actually include a "beta feature" to guess which way you want to go. The idea is you should never have to use the touchscreen: When you put your foot on the brake the car automatically selects F or R based on what the sensors see. Like in a parking lot if you parked nose in, it would see another car or wall in front of you, so it would assume you want to go in reverse.

It's labeled beta and disabled by default, but lots of Tesla features are labeled beta and still get used a ton.

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