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I've heard that lane assist and blind spot sensor features could make things worse because people will start to pay less attention to the road. This video is p
by djsumdog 9y ago
I've heard that lane assist and blind spot sensor features could make things worse because people will start to pay less attention to the road.
This video is pretty frightening and seems like it could be closely related to the most recent Tesla crash into the exit barrier.
The biggest problem is Tesla marketing this shit as "auto-pilot" where as Honda and others tell you what it is: lane assistance. It's obviously far from perfect and I really don't think anyone should rely on it at all.
The article separates out auto-breaking and adaptive cruise control and I'm glad it does. Those are present on a lot of other vehicles and it makes sense that those have prevented accidents. Side/blind-spot cameras connected to turn signals are also incredibly helpful.
Going back to actual self-driving tech, I think this helps prove it's a long way away. I'd say at least 10+ more years of prototypes and I'm honestly sick of tax credits going into it. States should work on fixing our god damn public transport infrastructure first. It will cost less, transport orders of magnitudes of more people and self driving trains are real tech that exists now, verses some sci-fi fiction that may or may not be viable in a decade.
- ebikelaw 9y agoI don't think this proves anything about the state of self-driving tech generally. It just proves that Tesla doesn't have any, and that camera vision alone can't do much. Waymo's car doesn't drive like this.