This road design will eventually incinerate a Tesla . 4 inch base plus 6 inch narrow island will cut open a battery pack. Elon Musk I need your help with myTDOT designers

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Don't drive over it?

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT In the last decade over 200,000 people died in runoff the road crashes so it doesn't seem to be working.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT It's a breakaway post. If anyone hits it, it breaks 3" above the concrete, where you see it's bolted in. So many people hit these, it's designed to quickly and easily replace the post / sign. It would damage a hood, not slice into or through a car.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT The lower base is 4" above the concrete. The concrete is 6" tall but only 18" wide. Net height is 10" relative to the road because of the narrow island

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Ok I got you now, that's true, and a battery is in that lower 10". Checks out.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT It would probably rip the oil pan off a regular car

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT It had already done it!

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Teslas seem dangerous. All the people burning alive in them, plus them having the highest death rate by a wide margin compared to other vehicles. Scary stuff Probably shouldn’t drive them tbh.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Tesla is extremely safe but especially with FSD.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Are you an idiot or just clickbaiting people for replies because you think Tesla never thought about, "curbs?" Well, they did. The battery is recessed and under an armored plate, the frame is lower than the pan, preventing contact in most scenarions, especially curb hopping.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT No I am not an idiot or clickbaiting people. This is a legit problem.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT These road structures were well known before Tesla cars existed. Seems like a car problem and not a road problem.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Use FSD. Avoid what causes 200,000 other human drivers to get into accidents.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Looks perfect to also slice open a gas tank and spill nice flammable fuel all over.. interesting the design passed inspection from lead engineer.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Unlikely this would tear open a battery pack. Unless the car is dropped on it. They are designed to withstand impacts like this.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT That is some grade A first-class egotism there: Expecting 10,000s of engineers in every town in America to modify road design, costing taxpayers billions, rather than designing your product to work on existing standards that everybody else copes with.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Y'all do realize the cars are supposed to stay on the roads in their lane right?...Also, I don't think TDOT should be changing how they do things for a very small percentage of morons who buy luxury bullshit vehicles from Elon Musk and apparently don't know how to drive.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT road infrastructure was designed around gas tanks, not battery packs running the entire undercarriage. DOT specs need a full revision for EVs but nobody wants to be the first state to spend the money

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Stay the F outta East Tennessee.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Good...they shouldn't be on the road

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT As a Tesla Model 3 driver, this is concerning. @grok if another car were to wreck into me and cause my car to straddle this narrow island, knock over the sign, slice open my battery pack, how likely is a fire? Why would regulations allow this terrible design?

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@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT To all people saying "what about other cars or gas tanks etc.," @elonmusk can take the feedback and amplify or address the issue. For all other companies or the DOT, it would take 10 layers of bureaucracy to even reach the focal person who can address it.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT So are you saying that Teslas can't see objects that are 10" high objects lying in the road?

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Nope they should keep em just like that. Don’t hit dumb dumb. Drive your own car and don’t rely on AI to avoid easily avoidable objects like a divider.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Meh... it's just a swasticar. The sooner it happens, the sooner it's off the road.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Learn to drive

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT So youre saying we should build these everywhere?

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT It would tear the fuel tank out from under my car too... Now a fuel fire isn't as bad as a battery fire, but it's also more likely to actually happen...

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Teslas have thicker baseplates than orher EVs but this is indeed concerning

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Even ICEv, gas tank would be ripped open, sparks and fire What’s the point? But if you mean, a hard T mount in the middle of the road is dangerous for all low body running vehicles Yes, I get your point

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Moral of the story is don't buy a Tesla.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Don't hit the post with your Musk Pinto. It's probably the easiest fix

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Why is it on everyone else to change for Tesla? Why can’t they design a better car?

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Why would the wonderful FSD hit that sign?

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT The slanted curb also increases the chance of rollover if hit at a high speed.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT A close family member worked on roads.. engineer. Those are break points for car accidents. Saves lives. Same reason there are holes in the wooden ones at the bottom. Signs break and fly over the car rather then damaging the people in it.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Same thing for any vehicle built close to the ground. Run your Ferrari over that and watch the underside fall off, potentially explosively.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT I thought Tesla were self driving? Shouldn't it automatically avoid it.

@Tesla @elonmusk @myTDOT Yeah but did you see 66 Mercury Monterey at 0:10? That is more interesting than your Tesla can opener problem.