• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve heard a theory that a lot of the H1B tech immigrants who literally do not know how to drive in the US are being told that Teslas are fully autonomous so they buy one and then find out that’s not the case. So they drive erratically, best case they’re following the rules of the road from their home country, worst case they’re completely winging it.

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      2 days ago

      The average native driver here isn’t that much better. Source: I’ve lived here my whole life.

      This is one thing that makes moving to Europe or the UK very appealing (if I would even still be welcome anymore). Everyone drives sooo much better on average, at least in all the places I’ve driven.

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        I got my license in the U.S. when I was 16. Then in my early 20’s I lived in England for few years. I was able to drive on my U.S. license for a year. During that year I had to go through the process to get an english license to drive in the country after that. I did the whole learners permit, driving lessons, etc that first year.

        Let’s just say it was much, much, harder to get a driving license in England. I had driven over 100K miles in the U.S and 10K miles in the U.K by the time I took the test and I still barely passed it.

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      They absolutely are primarily driven by high earning tech immigrants in my area.

      My Asian buddy got one a couple years ago and he was a fucking terrible driver in his Camry (every single panel had dings and scrapes) I cannot fathom the damage he’s been doing with his Tesla.