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Note, this was not some winding two-lane so typical of BC interior (Though this is getting better). This is a good road that was recently upgraded for the 2010

by vanjoe 9y ago

Note, this was not some winding two-lane so typical of BC interior (Though this is getting better). This is a good road that was recently upgraded for the 2010 Olympics.

brailsafe 9y ago
Came here to say the same. I've been waiting to see some mention of the use of autonomy throughout the coastal or rocky mountains. This road can be deceptively tricky, but relatively easygoing. I'd like to see a test of it from Salmon Arm to Banff or from Hope to Penticton. I'd also add that these roads are scary in the best conditions.
mitjak 9y ago
I just wanted to add that having taken it multiple times with an experienced driver I've still felt scared af. It's very winding.
- arethuza 9y ago
  Is it really that bad - I drove to Whistler once from Vancouver airport and I don't remember anything unusual about the road. Didn't seem that bad compared to similar roads in Scotland, Scandinavia or the Alps that I have driven on.
  - mitjak 9y ago
    It was bad enough to scare me, as stated
hkjayakumar 9y ago
For those who are unaware, it's called the Sea-to-sky highway [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99
nisse72 9y ago
Here's what it looked like just 44 years before the olympics: https://www.tranbc.ca/2015/09/10/bc-road-trip-time-machine-highway-99-from-horseshoe-bay-to-squamish/ https://www.tranbc.ca/2015/09/10/bc-road-trip-time-machine-h...
- jcranmer 9y ago
  And here's what it looked like just 2 years before the olympics: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/amazing-no-one-hurt-during-b-c-rock-slide-minister-1.312301 http://bc.ctvnews.ca/amazing-no-one-hurt-during-b-c-rock-sli... (I was in Whistler at the time that rockslide happened.)
scoot 9y ago
One again though, people are forgetting that "Autopilot" is just a marketing name for adavanced lane assist and adaptive cruise control (albeit of a relatively sophisticated variety). Expecting it to be able to cope with anything outside routine road conditions is a fools errand.
- masklinn 9y ago
  > people are forgetting that "Autopilot" is just a marketing name for adavanced lane assist and adaptive cruise control That, though, is due to intentionally deceitful branding.
  - SEJeff 9y ago
    From Tesla's own website: Enhanced Autopilot Enhanced Autopilot adds these new capabilities to the Tesla Autopilot driving experience. Your Tesla will match speed to traffic conditions, keep within a lane, automatically change lanes without requiring driver input, transition from one freeway to another, exit the freeway when your destination is near, self-park when near a parking spot and be summoned to and from your garage. Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot software has begun rolling out and features will continue to be introduced as validation is completed, subject to regulatory approval. Seems pretty sensible and not deceptive to me. To me, that says cruise control++, and not full self driving. The AP2 does do all of the things it says above, just depending on the roads. They say that Teslas have the hardware for full self driving, but not that they're capable of it yet.
    - masklinn 9y ago
      "Hey if you read the fine print and ignore all of the popular culture associated with the term it does exactly what you're sold on". > To me, that says cruise control++ Here's an idea: call it "cruise control++", or call it "drive assistance", or call it anything which clearly spells out that it doesn't drive on its own. AKA more or less every other car brand does.
  - pps43 9y ago
    Tesla autopilot is not that different from its namesake in airplanes. Autopilot does not fly the plane from JFK to LAX, it only maintains speed, altitude and heading. If anything unusual happens, autopilot disengages and drops controls back to the pilot. So Tesla is not deceiving anyone.

by vanjoe 9y ago

Note, this was not some winding two-lane so typical of BC interior (Though this is getting better). This is a good road that was recently upgraded for the 2010 Olympics.

brailsafe 9y ago

Came here to say the same. I've been waiting to see some mention of the use of autonomy throughout the coastal or rocky mountains. This road can be deceptively tricky, but relatively easygoing. I'd like to see a test of it from Salmon Arm to Banff or from Hope to Penticton. I'd also add that these roads are scary in the best conditions.

mitjak 9y ago

I just wanted to add that having taken it multiple times with an experienced driver I've still felt scared af. It's very winding.

arethuza 9y ago
Is it really that bad - I drove to Whistler once from Vancouver airport and I don't remember anything unusual about the road. Didn't seem that bad compared to similar roads in Scotland, Scandinavia or the Alps that I have driven on.
- mitjak 9y ago
  It was bad enough to scare me, as stated

hkjayakumar 9y ago

For those who are unaware, it's called the Sea-to-sky highway [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Highway_99

nisse72 9y ago

Here's what it looked like just 44 years before the olympics: https://www.tranbc.ca/2015/09/10/bc-road-trip-time-machine-highway-99-from-horseshoe-bay-to-squamish/ https://www.tranbc.ca/2015/09/10/bc-road-trip-time-machine-h...

jcranmer 9y ago
And here's what it looked like just 2 years before the olympics: http://bc.ctvnews.ca/amazing-no-one-hurt-during-b-c-rock-slide-minister-1.312301 http://bc.ctvnews.ca/amazing-no-one-hurt-during-b-c-rock-sli... (I was in Whistler at the time that rockslide happened.)

scoot 9y ago

One again though, people are forgetting that "Autopilot" is just a marketing name for adavanced lane assist and adaptive cruise control (albeit of a relatively sophisticated variety). Expecting it to be able to cope with anything outside routine road conditions is a fools errand.

masklinn 9y ago
> people are forgetting that "Autopilot" is just a marketing name for adavanced lane assist and adaptive cruise control That, though, is due to intentionally deceitful branding.
- SEJeff 9y ago
  From Tesla's own website: Enhanced Autopilot Enhanced Autopilot adds these new capabilities to the Tesla Autopilot driving experience. Your Tesla will match speed to traffic conditions, keep within a lane, automatically change lanes without requiring driver input, transition from one freeway to another, exit the freeway when your destination is near, self-park when near a parking spot and be summoned to and from your garage. Tesla’s Enhanced Autopilot software has begun rolling out and features will continue to be introduced as validation is completed, subject to regulatory approval. Seems pretty sensible and not deceptive to me. To me, that says cruise control++, and not full self driving. The AP2 does do all of the things it says above, just depending on the roads. They say that Teslas have the hardware for full self driving, but not that they're capable of it yet.
  - masklinn 9y ago
    "Hey if you read the fine print and ignore all of the popular culture associated with the term it does exactly what you're sold on". > To me, that says cruise control++ Here's an idea: call it "cruise control++", or call it "drive assistance", or call it anything which clearly spells out that it doesn't drive on its own. AKA more or less every other car brand does.
- pps43 9y ago
  Tesla autopilot is not that different from its namesake in airplanes. Autopilot does not fly the plane from JFK to LAX, it only maintains speed, altitude and heading. If anything unusual happens, autopilot disengages and drops controls back to the pilot. So Tesla is not deceiving anyone.