I was walking down the road, beside me a young man with airpods on. He was walking on a side lane which is intended for parking lots. Suddenly, a Tesla was driving behind him with about the same speed, but at a distance of less than 10cm behind him.. forcing him off the street. He didn't hear or see the car.
So, how stupid a driver must be to drive that close behind a walking one?
It's Tesla drivers. In Germany I saw that kind of behavior more than once.
That's why a good driver in public is a smooth and predictable one, not one who can just parallel park with 2 cm space in one go every time.
I looked at the Tesla driver, then the pedestrian noticed something is wrong and then noticed the Tesla, too, and left the lane.
This is a very risky and reckless driving behavior. I've seen such behavior from young guys wanting to impress or some stupid drivers with fast cars who things the roads are belong to them. The Tesla driver was about 50y old.
I've should have made a video and post it here. No one believes me :)
Ok..
It's obviously not true that "adaptive cruise control or FSD" could explain your anecdote. Adaptive cruise does not engage in a Tesla unless the road is marked and painted. FSD is not available in Germany. Even if it was, it's far too cautious around pedestrians, it wouldn't allow itself to get within 1 metre of a pedestrian let alone 0.1 metres.
It's also obviously not true that "Tesla used" anything, because the car in your anecdote was owned and operated by a (presumably) licensed driver and not by Tesla.
A better hypothesis for your anecdote is that the driver was French and not that driving a Tesla vehicle somehow reprograms human brains to drive dangerously.
It's the same question like who buy's a BMW or a Mercedes Benz? There's a special type of people the different car makers are aiming at. The same applies to Tesla drivers.
In Germany, where a lot of discussion around cars is happening, just a special type of people buy Tesla.