This is a very, very, very, very, very dumb idea.
If you’re into video game development, consider applying to Tesla. We want to make super fun games that integrate the center touch screen, phone & car irl.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 1, 2018
And it’s still a potentially dumb idea if you can only play in the back seat. I don’t know what the exact percentage is of kids who vomit all over the upholstery if you give them video games to play while the car is in motion, but based on my own two children it’s become clear that my own cast-iron stomach in such matters is an anomaly. Mind you, I don’t know how many prospective Tesla owners are also parents, so that might be a moot issue. Still, no games in the front seat. Not even on the passenger’s side. That’s not so much an accident waiting to happen as it is it’s going to be getting the next available table.
Moe Lane
PS: I get to have an opinion because I’ll be on the same highways as those idiots.
I have long had the opinion that Elon Musk is addicted to bad ideas. Remember when he rolled out a self driving feature on his cars and killed a half dozen people? Yeah, this makes that idea look like it was handed down by the goddess of safety and beauty in engineering herself.
Three people have died in Tesla autopilot accidents since January 2016 – thats damn near close to 1 a year. Setting aside that 3 is not half a dozen, whats your threshold before self-driving cars are safe enough? And is it anywhere near the safety threshold for human-driven cars?