{"id":6785,"date":"2022-08-23T13:41:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/why-are-tesla-fanatics-putting-their-children-in-the-path-of-moving-cars\/"},"modified":"2022-08-23T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:41:04","slug":"why-are-tesla-fanatics-putting-their-children-in-the-path-of-moving-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/23\/why-are-tesla-fanatics-putting-their-children-in-the-path-of-moving-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are Tesla fanatics putting their children in the path of moving cars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some superfans are so determined to prove that Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018autonomous\u2019 driving technology works that they are willing to put their kids in harm\u2019s way<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been a mum for a relatively short time; I\u2019m not exactly an expert when it comes to this whole parenting thing. Still, there is one piece of advice I can confidently dole out: don\u2019t instruct your child to run in front of a moving vehicle so that you can win an argument with strangers on the internet. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> obsessives, I\u2019m looking at you.<\/p>\n<p>This month, a software CEO called <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanODowd\">Dan O\u2019Dowd<\/a>, who is hellbent on trying to ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/09\/tesla-self-driving-technology-safety-children\">Tesla\u2019s \u201cfull self-driving\u201d programme<\/a>, launched an ad campaign claiming that if you put a Tesla in this mode it will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDanODowd\/status\/1556973572698128385?s=20&amp;t=W6x4dphZkxMahs6cBgGXBA\">mow down children<\/a>. He based this assertion on a test he ran using a child-sized mannequin dressed in a safety vest, which came to a sticky end in the middle of a road in California.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/commentisfree\/2022\/aug\/23\/tesla-fanatics-elon-musk-children-moving-cars\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/c68a8fc0087fadc177b585a7e198ee9707712967\/0_139_4096_2458\/master\/4096.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=dd19206bae783ee0fdc8478f51ca46c4\" title=\"Why are Tesla fanatics putting their children in the path of moving cars?\" \/>Some superfans are so determined to prove that Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018autonomous\u2019 driving technology works that they are willing to put their kids in harm\u2019s way<br \/>\nI\u2019ve been a mum for a relatively short time; I\u2019m not exactly an expert when it comes to this whole parenting thing. Still, there is one piece of advice I can confidently dole out: don\u2019t instruct your child to run in front of a moving vehicle so that you can win an argument with strangers on the internet. Elon Musk obsessives, I\u2019m looking at you.<br \/>\nThis month, a software CEO called Dan O\u2019Dowd, who is hellbent on trying to ban Tesla\u2019s \u201cfull self-driving\u201d programme, launched an ad campaign claiming that if you put a Tesla in this mode it will mow down children. He based this assertion on a test he ran using a child-sized mannequin dressed in a safety vest, which came to a sticky end in the middle of a road in California. 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