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When I drove one on autopilot - it would routinely prompt me to put hands on steering wheel. I didn't get them all and autopilot mode was disabled for the rest

When I drove one on autopilot - it would routinely prompt me to put hands on steering wheel. I didn't get them all and autopilot mode was disabled for the rest of my trip. I don't recall the steering wheel prompts to be as obvious as I would have expected since it's so important. I'm pretty sure it's also designed to pull over and stop if it doesn't get feedback ensuring someone is paying adequate attention. But maybe the parameters or functionality was different at the time of this crash. I think autopilot is a great marketing concept but a terrible and inaccurate description of the technology.

Akujin 9y ago
Does the warning go away if you only have one hand on the wheel?
- exclusiv 9y ago
  I don't think so. From what I remembered, it required both hands grasping 10 and 2. I had a lot of distrust for the system (and was hovering the brake) since I hadn't used it before. I had to get used to the controls, the UI, the steering wheel prompts, etc. It works quite well but around the city you'll get to a lot of places where it can't make decisions. One that I recall was an elevated intersection. So the car is going up a slope while it's losing the lines on the road. To the system, it's kind of like a ramp leading to a jump off a cliff, haha. I'm sure these tougher scenarios get ironed out after getting safe feedback from user takeover. But what if the system makes decisions based on other user's actions and then something changes in the road but the sensors can't react?
  - bussierem 9y ago
    Any chance you can provide a source for this? Not calling you out - Just want to see it for myself. I haven't heard too much about this before you mentioned it.
    - exclusiv 9y ago
      Sorry I edited my comment. Which part are you referring to?
      - bussierem 9y ago
        Way delayed, didn't see your response I was referring to the claim that it checks for 10/2 positioning of hands.
  - Akujin 9y ago
    Welp. Guess I'm never using that feature. I'm used to driving with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the stick. The car being electric doesn't make me want to all of a sudden change all my habits.
    - exclusiv 9y ago
      Yeah if you are providing ample resistance then I don't think you need 2 hands to resolve the tests. You won't even get test to my knowledge in that scenario.
- Daviey 9y ago
  Yes, it does... it doesn't matter where your hands are.. it just needs a slight amount of weight/resistance on the wheel.

Akujin 9y ago

Does the warning go away if you only have one hand on the wheel?

exclusiv 9y ago
I don't think so. From what I remembered, it required both hands grasping 10 and 2. I had a lot of distrust for the system (and was hovering the brake) since I hadn't used it before. I had to get used to the controls, the UI, the steering wheel prompts, etc. It works quite well but around the city you'll get to a lot of places where it can't make decisions. One that I recall was an elevated intersection. So the car is going up a slope while it's losing the lines on the road. To the system, it's kind of like a ramp leading to a jump off a cliff, haha. I'm sure these tougher scenarios get ironed out after getting safe feedback from user takeover. But what if the system makes decisions based on other user's actions and then something changes in the road but the sensors can't react?
- bussierem 9y ago
  Any chance you can provide a source for this? Not calling you out - Just want to see it for myself. I haven't heard too much about this before you mentioned it.
  - exclusiv 9y ago
    Sorry I edited my comment. Which part are you referring to?
    - bussierem 9y ago
      Way delayed, didn't see your response I was referring to the claim that it checks for 10/2 positioning of hands.
- Akujin 9y ago
  Welp. Guess I'm never using that feature. I'm used to driving with one hand on the wheel and one hand on the stick. The car being electric doesn't make me want to all of a sudden change all my habits.
  - exclusiv 9y ago
    Yeah if you are providing ample resistance then I don't think you need 2 hands to resolve the tests. You won't even get test to my knowledge in that scenario.
Daviey 9y ago
Yes, it does... it doesn't matter where your hands are.. it just needs a slight amount of weight/resistance on the wheel.