Grandma Freaks At Tesla AutoPilot Demonstration

Grandma uses Tesla’s AutoPilot (Credit: YouTube)

Not everyone’s a fan of autonomous drive technology, especially the grandma in the video below. Her son got the poor woman, who’s 70 years old, behind the wheel of a Tesla Model S for the first time, then switched on AutoPilot. You have to feel sorry for the lady, while snickering at the same time.

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You can see she’s completely terrified. After all, in her whole life she’s probably never just let the car take over on two-lane highway. As she’s panicking from behind the wheel, she’s pleading with her son to let her drive. That’s probably a really bad idea, because she’s so panicky she might veer into oncoming traffic.

Some people are just plain nervous drivers. Ironically, they’re the ones who need self-driving cars the most, but are the least trusting of the tech. It’s a problem Tesla and other automakers need to figure out, making everyone safer.

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