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The way my Tesla auto drives, traffic jams would be worse. It's slow to respond to speedups and keeps too far a distance, even at its lowest setting.

• osrec 9y ago
  That may possibly be because it's over compensating for the potential human error of other drivers.
• throwaway2016a 9y ago
  My Volvo (XC90) is the same way. It's not as advanced as the Tesla but it has a traffic jam assist feature. If the traffic goes from almost full stop to moving along I often have to override it and accelerate manually to avoid someone cutting me off or honking at me.
  • shiftpgdn 9y ago
    Ah yes! Just the other week I turned on Pilot Assist on our XC90 during a long road trip and people playing on their phones in left lane stabbing their brakes make for a very rough ride as the car keeps braking and then re-accelerating to try to keep a constant distance. Not to mention all of the people cutting you off because you've left enough space for them to jam their car in front of you. I had to intervene a number of times and reposition myself in traffic to get away from "non-smooth" drivers,