It's even worse than it appears..
Wednesday July 6, 2022; 7:28 PM EDT
Cars now rate their drivers#
  • My Model Y thinks I'm a 94. #
  • I got a 94 from my car, presumably out of 100. #
  • I lost points for "unsafe following," something I abhor, but I guess I must occasionally actually do, lesson learned, I'll try to do better. #
  • But I contest the hit for "hard braking." I know exactly when that I happened. I had driven to Phoenicia to pick up a pizza at Brio's and on the drive home, I had to hit the brakes, hard -- to avoid killing a wild turkey who was slowly making its way across the highway. The pizza went flying, along with a fair amount of sauce and cheese, soiling the carpet in front of the passenger seat on my almost new Model Y, which is scary for a new car, for fear it'll attract rodents. #
  • But I digress. I hit the brakes to save the turkey. And now I learn because of that fukcing turkey, no Full Self Driving beta for Uncle Davey. Oy. Fuckin turkeys, they'll get you every time. #

Last update: Wednesday July 6, 2022; 8:09 PM EDT.

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