--- title: "TikTok Star Sets Up Bed in Tesla to Sleep While Autopilot Drives" description: "TikTok star Johnathon Cook uploaded a video of himself sleeping in a made bed in the back of a moving Tesla Model 3, a flagrantly illegal act." date: "2021-01-21" modified: "2021-01-21" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tiktok-bed-tesla-autopilot" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Health & Medicine" - "Sleep" - "Tesla" tags: - "autopilot" - "Model 3" - "tesla" - "the digest" - "tiktok" --- # TikTok Star Sets Up Bed in Tesla to Sleep While Autopilot Drives ![TikTok star Johnathon Cook uploaded a video of himself sleeping in a made bed in the back of a moving Tesla Model 3, a flagrantly illegal act.]() *\Image: Johnathon Cook\* ## Reckless Driving Ever since Tesla decided to advertise its self driving feature as "[Autopilot]()," drivers have gotten into varying degrees of trouble for letting their vehicles take the reins on the highway — while they [take a nap]() at the wheel. The obvious danger didn't discourage TikTok star Johnathon Cook, whose over one million followers were able to watch him tuck himself in to a cozy bed in the back of a Tesla Model 3 while racing down a highway, in an infuriatingly dangerous video [first spotted by *Electrek*](). It's a reckless and selfish stunt that endangered innocent lives — and, thanks to the video evidence, could present an open-and-shut case for local law enforcement who want to throw the book at Cook. ## SMH It gets even worse. Cook decided to upload a [behind-the-scenes video to YouTube](), in which he outlined how he fooled the vehicle's Autopilot feature into registering that he was paying attention to the road. Despite Tesla's flagrantly misleading name for the feature, operators still have to pay attention to the road and keep their hands on the steering wheel, ready to take action at all times. But those safety features can be easily circumvented. Cook used a device attached to the steering wheel to fool the car into thinking his hands were ready to engage. He also had to crawl out of his buckled seatbelt. To be clear, Cook not only put his own life at risk but endangered other drivers on the roads. It's probably enough to quality as a criminal offense, as *Electrek* argues — and he gave the local sheriff all the evidence they'd need to arrest him. **READ MORE:** [TikTok star criminally uses Tesla Autopilot and posts video evidence]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on Autopilot:** [Tesla Bros Are Freaking Out Right Now About the New Full Self-Driving Beta]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()