By now everybody and their grandmother has seen the new Tesla Roadster video. And, predictably, the critics showed up. "It's a toy." "It doesn't really fly. It just hops." My first instinct was to agree. Then I started thinking about my own driving. I have FSD on my Tesla. At this point I rarely override it. A few weeks ago I was driving a dark New Jersey backroad late at night. Out of nowhere, the car swerved into the opposite lane and braked hard. About a second later, I saw the deer. We'll never know for sure. But there's a good chance I would have hit it if I'd been driving. Now change one detail. Oncoming traffic. Nowhere to swerve. Deer too close to stop. That's where the Roadster's tech stops looking like a party trick. Suction fans that glue the car to the road. Cold-gas thrusters that can push harder than the tires can grip. Pair that with software that reacts faster than any human, and you have options a normal car simply doesn't have. "That will never happen to me." Maybe. But roughly 36,000 Americans died on the road last year. Over a million worldwide. Millions more were injured. It rarely makes headlines because it happens every single day. Most of those crashes can be prevented by good self-driving. A few may need more than the laws of tire friction allow. What are some other scenarios and real-world applications for the technology the Roadster showcased? Would love to hear your thoughts. #FSD #Tesla #AI
