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Technology
Rob Stumpf

Tesla Owners Are Using Doll Heads To Fool Full Self-Driving

  • Drivers in China have found a clever way to defeat Tesla's driver monitoring system.
  • The workaround involves a doll head glued to a suction cup.
  • It tricks the system into thinking that they are paying attention to the road and effectively disables the monitoring nags.

Some Tesla owners have found a new way to fool their cars into thinking that their eyes are on the road. The method? Using a doll head affixed in front of their mirror.

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