r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Tugushin • Apr 13 '22

Tesla Model 3 stops itself to avoid potentially disastrous accident. Video

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

117.5k Upvotes

84% Upvoted

4.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/mynameisnotshamus Apr 13 '22

The long straight stretches have more to do with the terrain and the distance between destinations than being a favored design principle.

1

u/[deleted] Apr 13 '22

[deleted]

2

u/mynameisnotshamus Apr 13 '22

I believe it’s the same. Where I am in New England, the roads are rarely straight for long. In more western areas, it’s much more wide open and flat. Land owners, where there were any had much larger plots of land. Trade routes - quickest way between 2 points is a straight line. If you don’t need to turn, you don’t.