I have my collision detection warning set to medium, and it definity does flash the headlights when it thinks a moving car has stopped in front of your path and it turns red on the display. (usually when someone in front makes a right turn, and I couldn't have possibly hit them for real.) I'm not sure if it was high or low beam, but I have seen my lights flash on the car in front of me during the day time when this happens.
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Updated to V10 today, got the middle finger within 5 minutes of first drive
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that is dumb. it's just asking to be flipped off if you flash a car that is stopped for a reason
Nope, they're all English. And what you're hearing toward the end of the video is a voice saying, "retard" which is telling you to retard the throttles to the idle position, so it's an English word spoken with a French accent. The countdown is the radar altimeter telling you your height above the ground.
640k
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could have been something simpler like the car was coasting so slow, the brake lights didn't engage and the person behind you didn't see you stop or slow down?
Ryefry
Member
If someone rolls coal on you, report them. It is federally illegal everywhere to tamper with emissions equipment and most states also have laws against it. In Texas there is a Smoking Vehicle Program that you give them the license plate and they mail the registered owner a letter telling them it is illegal and they can be fined.
CanadianMetal
Member
Wow, had to look up Coal Rolling, I never even knew that it was a thing....
Before today, if I ever saw a pickup or car blowing smoke, I just thought they had a defective engine, and were too poor or stupid to get it fixed.
Before today, if I ever saw a pickup or car blowing smoke, I just thought they had a defective engine, and were too poor or stupid to get it fixed.
It's truly unbelievable that it is a thing, and even more so that it's so common. They don't just do it to EV owners, they do it to other drivers just for the hell of it, too.
One of the guys that coal rolled me I've spotted twice now at the local supercharger, parking across the spots to deny as many supercharger spots as possible. The hate is just unbelievable. There are other pickups that park across the supercharger spots, too. The SC is co-located with a Starbucks, and fortunately the manager has been made aware of it, and is now taking the appropriate actions.
Msjulie
Active Member
It boggles the mind such petty behavior not even including the environmental issues, it's just a big WTF is this a fun to do?
You were approaching too fast without sufficient braking so the car alerted you. The sensitivity of this can be adjusted in the settings. I suspect he thought the same thing and was worried you were going to hit him. Hence the middle finger
I have never noticed this in a year of driving the 3. Can anyone else confirm the car flashes the headlights when the collision alert activates.
cruiserlarry
Gadgetologist
I think you missed my point completely. I'm not saying the sounds of the warnings are annoying, I'm saying they are ineffective and potentially dangerous as currently presented. Reducing the sensitivity or volume doesn't help you to understand what each warning is for, it would just delay when the warning will occur - not a very effect way to utilize the great safety features available on the Tesla. Being able to understand, with a verbal alert, what each of the warnings is saying allows you to react to that situation without taking your eyes off the road to try and decipher the split second chime or screen warning.
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