Tesla Robotaxi parks in middle of intersection to drop off passengers in TX

LOL apparently I'm old and can't figure out how to post an image.

Robotaxi except there's a dude in the drivers seat

Edit: lmao apparently in the passengers seat

front passenger seat has no control pedals. Which raises the question… what are they even doing there?

I figured they’d be hovering their hand over the Park button (which acts as an e-brake and brings the Tesla to a rapid halt if held down), ready to do the EV equivalent of a fire drill.

Not so. The Tesla safety operators appear to always have their thumb on the “Open Door” button of their door, which is sort of weird to see. It’s like every safety operator is getting ready to say the Irish goodbye to their passengers at any given moment.

Turns out, Full Self Driving disengages if you open the door. So that is probably being used as a janky, factory-standard kill switch for the autonomous driving system that causes the vehicle to come to controlled stop.

If this is the only incident within 24 hours of a limited rollout, I guess it's going better than expected.

Still fucking atrocious overall, but I guess we'll have to wait for the real incidents to happen. Hopefully no bystanders suffer from it.