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One solution would be to make the autopilot worse within the realm of safe driving. Make it so that it continuously makes safe errors that the driver has to cor
by worldsayshi 9y ago
One solution would be to make the autopilot worse within the realm of safe driving. Make it so that it continuously makes safe errors that the driver has to correct. Like steering off into an empty lane. Slowing down. Etc.
Defining safe errors might be a challenge though.
- masklinn 9y agoThat's what most "driving assistance" does. It's limited in what it offers and it refuses to keep going unattended for long periods. Tesla has been criticised all along for both its marketing and allowing long periods of unattended driving assistance.
- cardinalfang 9y agoOr the car could regularly ask a question about e.g. the colour of the car behind you.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoOr "Are we there yet?" ;)
- allendoerfer 9y agoMake the steering wheel vibrate and beep every few seconds and constantly switch with the driver, like Mercedes is doing with theirs.
- quotemstr 9y agoThat behavior merely guarantees that I will never buy a Mercedes.
- allendoerfer 9y agoThey market their assistant as one that is not intended to drive on its own. So if you let go of the steering wheel, it magically continues to drive and will alert you if you check out for too long.