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		FireBeyond on Oct 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after... > If the car decided to stomp on the throttle you are expected to be ready to hit the brakes. Didn't Tesla have an issue a couple of years ago where pressing the brake did not disengage any throttle? i.e. if the car has a bug and puts throttle to 100% and you stand on the brake, the car should say "cut throttle to 0", but instead, you just had 100% throttle, 100% brake?

blackeyeblitzar on Oct 20, 2024 [–]

If it did, it wouldn’t matter. Brakes are required to be stronger than engines.

FireBeyond on Oct 20, 2024 | [–]

That makes no sense. Yes, they are. But brakes are going to be more reactive and performant with the throttle at 0 than 100.

You can't imagine that the stopping distances will be the same.

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