On our recent return trip from Victoria we drove from Bathurst to the Hollydene SC down through the mountains. At Wattle Flat we encountered a large 'roo standing upright in the centre of the road seemingly challenging me to a round or two.
The forward collision systems absolutely failed to identify the obstacle. No reaction from the vehicle at all. Earlier forum suggestions that kangaroos are simply ignored because the Tesla systems contain no information about them seems to be dead accurate.
Being such an aware driver I did slow down smoothly and did not frighten my wife at all (luckily for me). I have the incident on camera footage and will show it to my teenage grandchildren as a demonstration that vigilance is required even in a super modern vehicle.
The 'roo eventually reacted to my horn and wandered off into the scrub.
The forward collision systems absolutely failed to identify the obstacle. No reaction from the vehicle at all. Earlier forum suggestions that kangaroos are simply ignored because the Tesla systems contain no information about them seems to be dead accurate.
Being such an aware driver I did slow down smoothly and did not frighten my wife at all (luckily for me). I have the incident on camera footage and will show it to my teenage grandchildren as a demonstration that vigilance is required even in a super modern vehicle.
The 'roo eventually reacted to my horn and wandered off into the scrub.