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Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals (electrek.co)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The new Tesla Model 3 should be banned from the whole of Europe until they put the indicator stalk back. It is virtually impossible to safely and legally traverse a roundabout without it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How do people indicate without it? Is the car supposed to automatically turn it on once it senses you leaving the lane?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It has little buttons on the wheel for left or right instead of a stalk. Problem is when you're going through a roundabout you're twirling the wheel around so it is almost impossible to to know where the buttons are at any given point in time. A stalk stays put, the buttons are anywhere depending on where the wheel is at. I think this video demonstrates it most clearly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBFxbKTEWu8

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That's just too late to signal...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What the fuck is the point of an indicator after you’d already started the action. That light ain’t indicating any more about the driver than the fact that they bought a Tesla after 2022, and that tells you everything you need to know about them.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

When I drive roundabouts I keep my hands on the wheel in the same spots so in relation to my thumb, the turn signals are in the same spot?

I think if the wheel wasn't a yoke shape, it'd be different because I might just put one hand on top, but in this case it works OK.