A video making the rounds on social media asks the simple question how a Tesla driver can ignore big red warning lights and “proceed with caution” text on the dashboard?

Perhaps the better question is why engineers fail to close the door as its wheels start moving (obviously with obstruction sensors to prevent crushing things, which I know is problematic for Tesla given its reputation for horrible obstruction sensing).

Or why don’t engineers prevent the car moving when a wing is open (let alone when a truck is crossing in front of it at a red light — see what I mean about obstruction sensing)?

Here’s the video in question:

Is there any real use case for driving with these doors open? The simplest and most elegant fix is the car can’t move with a wing door ajar.

I have yet to see anyone make the connection, for example, to this other recent video on Instagram of a Tesla driver very clearly on purpose keeping the doors ajar while driving.

Perhaps in both cases the cars are malfunctioning and unable to close the door?

Here’s a 2019 video of exactly this problem, foreshadowing the news today.

Oops, here’s a 2018 video of the same thing happening:

This is a different 2018 video of the same thing happening, right?

That, of course, came two years after a 2016 example of exactly this problem again:

In many of these cases it does seem like something is malfunctioning and the driver falsely believes one door closing means both are closed, which completely undermines the effect of warning systems.

Does anyone have a count? Seems under reported.

And I don’t mean this as a Tesla-only problem, just that (for pretending to be a “high” brand) they’re spectacularly worse than most at shipping garbage to a customer and ignoring the problems caused.

Here’s more context in what has been happening overall in the market of high-tech, rushed to release fancy gadgets that aren’t properly tested or held for quality control:

Just this week, for instance, the two Alexa-connected blinds in my bedroom failed to roll down at their scheduled time, and this morning, only one of them opened back up again. I have no idea what went wrong, because Alexa doesn’t offer any feedback when things fail, so all I could do was try again until the routine triggered properly. Those kinds of misfires are common in the smart home world. I’ve had Google Assistant refuse to set alarms or read upcoming calendar events for several days in a row, only to fix itself without explanation. My Ecobee thermostat occasionally gets stuck on a single temperature, requiring a reboot. I’ve had light bulbs inexplicably fail to connect to their hub device. And I’m pretty confident that every Echo speaker owner has experienced Alexa playing the wrong music at least once.”

These examples go on and on, yet most of them are marginal or disposable income things. Tesla is in a category where it supposed to provide an essential service, and it can seriously injure or kill people.