The electric car manufacturer Tesla, owned by Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, helps the development of the automotive industry and the spread of electric vehicles with its cutting-edge features. Autonomous driving technologies are also at the forefront of these features. However, many Tesla users can also use these vehicles for ‘interesting’ things.
In a news we shared last week, we shared with you that a Tesla driver dived into the water with his Model 3 vehicle and tried to discover how the vehicle performed in the water. Now something even more interesting has happened. In a video shot in the USA, it was observed that a dog was alone in the driver’s seat of a moving Tesla vehicle, that is, he was the driver of the vehicle.
The dog is sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle
According to the news published by Inside Edition, a ‘dog’ seems to have taken control of the vehicle in the shared video. Blake Missick from Texas, who shot the video, also uses the following expressions during the footage he captured and cannot hide his surprise: “This is really crazy! I can’t see anyone in the car. Is such a thing legal?”
Of course, when we look at the video, we can easily guess that the vehicle is in autonomous driving mode. However, it should be noted that this situation is quite dangerous, especially considering the doubts about the autonomous driving safety of Tesla vehicles. Moreover, such incidents have happened before in the USA. In an incident last year, a TikTok user set up a bed in the back seat of his vehicle and slept while the control of the vehicle was on autopilot. In this video, there were news that were met with a reaction and stated that autonomous driving modes should not be trusted so much.
There is a high probability that the owner is hiding behind the vehicle.
The dog incident is similar to this and poses a great danger to vehicles and people in traffic. It is already possible to activate the Tesla autonomous driving mode with any living thing sitting in the driver’s seat. Therefore, it is quite possible that the tiny dog was also put in the driver’s seat by its owner.
In addition, it was among the news that Missick, who shot the video, had shot strange videos before, so he may have edited this Tesla video himself. However, when asked if it had anything to do with the video, Missick replied: No, that’s not my job. But I wish I knew someone with a Tesla, that would be cool”
According to Inside Edition, the dog’s owner is likely hiding in the back seat of the vehicle. In fact, the Tesla autopilot’s feature of asking the steering wheel to be touched within thirty seconds and the fact that the video taken takes 29 seconds further strengthens this possibility. In addition, it is among the news that the Texas ‘animal violence’ police unit is investigating the incident.
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