teslathrowaway

Misdirection is distracting from the issue at hand by pointing to something else. It's a magician's trick. If you can't see the driver mentioning that he felt the vehicle saved his life by not letting the tow hitch penetrate the cabin, and the very deliberate placement of that observation written in a blog post published by Tesla in response to the vehicle catching fire after a common collision scenario, then I don't know what else to say.

Right. I shouldn't disagree with the status quo. That's a sign of a healthy community.

I made the throwaway to make a point to a friend of mine regarding HN voting in Tesla threads. It's working, right down to the prediction that I'd be called a troll within 30 minutes.

> Are you sure?

Of the clever misdirection? After reading the rest of your comment, you should be too. The issue under discussion isn't the safety of the passenger versus road debris, it's the vehicle catching fire after colliding with road debris.

This is a clever mechanism to turn discussion to the armor plating under the vehicle; as both replies to me evidence, it worked.

And you telling me that reminds me that the misdirection works.

> Had I not been in a Tesla, that object could have punched through the floor and caused me serious harm.

Clever misdirection.