Playing video games while driving?

[Percy]

Is this a good idea?

A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars

The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.

www.nytimes.com

 

[zesh]

Is this a good idea?

A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars

The feature raises fresh questions about whether Tesla is compromising safety as it rushes to add new technologies.

www.nytimes.com

Do you really have to ask?

 

[DirtyT3sla]

This is old news. It's been like this for probably a year.

I saw someone in their minivan playing a game on their phone while driving. Anyone can do dumb stuff in their car if they want.

 

[GtiMart]

Agree @DirtyT3sla , but many manufacturers go to great lengths so they are not liable if something happens. Just look at the navigation systems in many cars preventing you from typing an address while driving, blocking many features like this, putting up a message every time you start the car about being careful etc. I'm a bit surprised that Tesla is not blocking this. I appreciate they are not blocking the address typing personally but I'm surprised about the browser and the games. There are local laws that make sure you get a nice big ticket if you do it, but still...

 

[Ruffles]

Articles like this are so dumb. There are literally thousands of ways to be distracted in a car while driving but no one cares until it's a Tesla. It's not up to the car manufactures to prevent every and all possible distraction. It's up to drivers to take responsibility for their actions.

 

[TomT]

Tesla’s in-dash video games can be played even while driving (updated)

More than 3,100 people died in crashes involving distracted drivers in the US in 2019.

www.engadget.com

 

[WingFoiling]

Awesome idea as long as the driver isn’t playing them. Maybe Tesla can only enable the ability to play games when passenger weight is sensed.

 

[Tam]

...It's not up to the car manufactures to prevent every and all possible distraction. It's up to drivers to take responsibility for their actions.

The nanny system of FSD Beta is much stricter than public versions so it will be interesting if any driver could bypass its system to finish a game in a boring drive in a straight deserted highway.