I've come to the conclusion that Teslas have always appealed to people who are inherently terrible drivers. BMW/Mercedes/Audi drivers are the worst on the road in terms of entitled bullshit and zero concern for others (German engineering and ugly vehicles must appeal to dickheads for some reason). Still, Tesla drivers, on the whole, are simply bad drivers. You can't blame FSD, or whatever the previous versions of it are called, for the nonstop fuckery that goes on in those vehicles all the damn time. Can't stay in a lane, awkward braking, either driving much too fast or much too slow, etc. The point is, maybe we're thinking about this all wrong. As shitty as Elon's FSD undoubtedly is, what may matter the most is if it's better than the shitty drivers who buy Teslas. If so, it's a net positive, right?
Nothing scares me more when I'm on a motorcycle than a Tesla in the vicinity (they are the number one auto brand killer of people on two wheels, after all). Perhaps, maybe, fuck if I know, FSD will make them a little bit less scary. Maybe I'm grasping at straws. All I know is I will be avoiding riding downtown when their fucking taxis launch, which is a bummer as I enjoy riding down there on the occasional early weekend morning when no one is around but Waymos and hobos.