Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? 394
cartechboy (2660665) writes "When things go wrong with the Tesla Model S electric car, its very loyal--and opinionated--owners usually speak up. And that's just what David Noland has done. An incident in which his Model S didn't stop when he pressed the brake pedal scared him--and got him investigating. He measured pedal spacing on 22 different new cars at dealers--and his analysis suggests that the Tesla pedal setup may be causing what aviation analysts call a 'design-induced pilot error'. And pedal design, as Toyota just learned to the tune of $1.2 billion, is very important indeed in preventing accidents."
Re:Don't blame others for user error. (Score:5, Funny)
He's holding it wrong.
Need an Awww Shut Button (Score:5, Funny)
It needs a big red shiny button on the dash! It'll simultaneously apply the brakes, eject the battery pack, contact your insurance agent to file a claim, call your lawyer to sue Tesla and deploy the fire extinguishers. Not necessarily in that order.
Re:And yet only one idiot has this problem. (Score:2, Funny)
But...but...he writes a BLOG about Tesla! How can he be an idiot? He must be an authority on all things automotive!
(that was sarcasm btw)
Re:And yet only one idiot has this problem. (Score:5, Funny)
O agree, and on an unrelated note, O would loke the standard QWERTY keybaord redesogned so that the letters O "eye" and O "Oh" are not placed so close together. Thor current placement causes me far too many typong errors
Re:Tesla (Score:4, Funny)
and has found the accelerator...which is usually non-functional because I'm out of gear.
It's not non-functional. It makes you sound awesome!
Re:Don't blame others for user error. (Score:5, Funny)
My advice to him would be to get an angle grinder and chop 0.3" off of the side of his foot to bring it to international safety standards.
That way, he can drive any car safely, without additional modifications to them.
Re:Don't blame others for user error. (Score:5, Funny)
Three Ratios for Vintage drivers, under the sky
Seven for Volkswagen in their halls of stone
Nine gears for Porsche, doomed to drive
One Ratio to rule them all, One ratio to drive them
One Ratio for the Musk-Lord, and in the Tesla's windings