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My Model 3 suddenly changed lanes today for no discernible reason. I think it considered my lane to jump over into the next lane, for some reason. I should have
by alanh 8y ago
My Model 3 suddenly changed lanes today for no discernible reason. I think it considered my lane to jump over into the next lane, for some reason. I should have hit 'Record' to save the footage from TeslaCam.
(Notably, AutoPilot is not supposed to change lanes without explicit confirmation from the driver, which is clearly illustrated on the dashboard/panel.)
It's a stretch of road on which I have previously used AutoPilot many times.
- gpm 8y agoRecently I accidentally changed lanes in an intersection. The road had 3 lanes in each direction (+ separate streetcar tracks down the center), including the right lane which was required to turn. I was in the center lane. After the intersection the road was still a 3 lane road - which didn't quite register on my brain. I moved from the center lane to the right lane (figuring it exited so I was supposed to be in the now-right lane) when I should have remained in the center lane. While I am a novice driver, I've gone through that intersection before without blinking or doing the wrong thing. It's not a particularly complicated intersection. Anyways, point is, driving is surprisingly hard. I think counting anecdotes on the internet probably gives you a sample heavily biased against Tesla, because most people don't go post "so I did this stupid thing" but they do post "so my car did this stupid thing".
- alanh 8y agoMy car and I are stupid in different ways. It has perfect attention and will always brake in time to avoid a fender-bender in traffic. It’s also a lot worse than I am about reading and communicating intent with other drivers or simply recognizing the objects around us.