Mark Rober just set up one of the most interesting self-driving tests of 2025, and he did it by imitating Looney Tunes. The former NASA engineer and current YouTube mad scientist recreated the classic gag where Wile E. Coyote paints a tunnel onto a wall to fool the Road Runner.

Only this time, the test subject wasn’t a cartoon bird… it was a self-driving Tesla Model Y.

The result? A full-speed, 40 MPH impact straight into the wall. Watch the video and tell us what you think!

  • Xbeam
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    8 hours ago

    You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

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      8 hours ago

      If it’s made to be misleading and baiting, yes I FUCKING should. And so should you and everybody else.

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        7 hours ago

        How is it misleading?

        The title asks “can you fool a self driving car” and the thumbnail illustrates a cartoon situation that immediately explains how they will attempt to do so in the video.

        The video then goes on to not only answer the question, but explore the technology involved in-depth.

        It MORE than delivers on the “clickbait”.

        Thumbnails can’t be subtle, they typically get viewed at a tiny size compared to the full video and that’s why large high-contrast features work better than a random screencap from the video.

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          4 hours ago

          How is it misleading?

          You can’t be serious? The clickbait image is something that might actually possibly happen. The image in the video is not.

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            2 hours ago

            That is a distinction without a difference.

            They are both images depicting a drivable path, on a flat surface.