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Numerous Tesla owners have said they've been stuck inside their EVs after the cars suddenly lost power.

YouTuber Tom Exton claimed that his Tesla Model Y ordered him to pull over before it suddenly lost power and left him unable to exit.

Exton followed the instructions for the manual release to open the door, but he said this "somehow broke the driver's window."

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I shouldn’t need a camera to use reverse, just quit adding blind spots.

The last time I used the backup camera in my car, I misjudged the distance to the car behind me and hit it, doing $1000 worth of damage. Never again. I look behind me now like I used to.

Cameras don't have depth perception.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol so because you made a dumb mistake backup cameras are bad LMAO

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, lack of depth perception is a bad thing when reversing a car. I'm not sure why you think that's some sort of controversial opinion.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because ive never heard of anyone else ever making the same dumb mistake as you. They put the lines on the screen to show you the depth and once you hit the red danger zone you have a few more inches before you hit anything, so it's pretty laughable you stepped on the gas too hard and blamed the camera.

But idk if there are statistics on backup cameras being dangerous, please share and i will go rip it out of my car right now!

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that must be it. Everyone else must be vastly superior to me. Thanks for clearing that up.

I mean sure, it's recommended that you look behind you even if using a backup camera, but those are just other stupid people saying that like the people who make the cars and state driving manuals.

[–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same link says backup cameras save lives . . .

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I never said it wouldn't save lives.