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I thought autopilot did have a mechanism to get the driver’s attention when they stop touching the wheel?
by noahtallen 7y ago
I thought autopilot did have a mechanism to get the driver’s attention when they stop touching the wheel?
- crmrc114 7y agoJust googled this and found this nifty little bit o' kit https://www.autopilotbuddy.com/ https://www.autopilotbuddy.com/ Guess we are really going to need eye tracking in any proper system that does this much 'autopilot' for drivers.
- gjs278 7y agoyou can buy the shitty eye tracking cars. I won’t. they won’t even work with sunglasses.
- nathanaldensr 7y agoThis is hilarious: > Do Not Use the AutopilotBuddy on public streets. The Autopilot Buddy is not for street use, it is for closed track use only. The AutopilotBuddy Nag Reduction Device is no longer available to USA Residents. Look, ma! I'm driving on a track with no hands! What a joke.
- Dylan16807 7y agoYou wouldn't? It sounds like a fun thing to try. (Yes, obviously you wouldn't be going anywhere near full speed.)
- jedberg 7y agoJust put a 1/2 filled 1L water bottle in the steering wheel. It's cheaper. And if you get thirsty you always have water handy.
- lgats 7y agohttp://www.steering-wheel-ipad.com/ http://www.steering-wheel-ipad.com/ Similar ‘product’... but this one is a joke
- NikolaeVarius 7y agoIt does, and it notified the driver multiple times. Alerts mean nothing if you ignore them
- mnd999 7y agoThen it should surely assume the driver is incapacitated and stop.
- intopieces 7y agohttps://www.tesla.com/support/autopilot#active-safety-features https://www.tesla.com/support/autopilot#active-safety-featur... >Before enabling Autopilot, you must agree to “keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times” and to always “maintain control and responsibility for your car.” Once engaged, if insufficient torque is applied, Autopilot will also deliver an escalating series of visual and audio warnings, reminding you to place your hands on the wheel if insufficient torque is applied. If you repeatedly ignore these warnings, you will be locked out from using Autopilot during that trip.
- FireBeyond 7y agoGuess why this was introduced! Incidents like this. Because while they were able to get away with it, and before the lawyers tapped Elon on the shoulder, those warnings only happened and only required your hands on the steering wheel _four times an hour_. There's TV interviews with Elon doing exactly that.
- filoleg 7y agoIIRC after the 2nd notification, it will slow down and disengage autopilot with no ability to re-enable it until you park the car. Proactively ignoring it isn't really an option.
- falcolas 7y agoThis statement is misleading to false. The last notification for the cited wreck was 15 minutes prior to the crash. https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/nr20180607.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/nr20180607.as...
- rconti 7y agoYeah, in fact, on our 3, it's pretty annoying. I virtually always have my hands on the wheel when autopilot is on, and it still seems like it nags me every 15 seconds to apply turning force to the wheel. Even when I think i'm applying enough force. Then sometimes you apply too much and it disengages. I can't say I use it all that much, or like it all that much, but I do so occasionally. Just got home from a roadtrip last night. Frankly, because I'm watching where I'm going anyway, I feel the traffic aware cruise control (available on lots of other cars as well) is the best part. If you're looking down the road the steering input from your body is basically automatic anyway. And it's smoother than autopilot. (if you're not looking where you're going, hopefully you're not in the driver's seat)
- lavezza 7y agoChanging the volume via the left scroll wheel is also accepted as steering wheel input. I normally flick the volume up one level. When the next nag starts, I flick down. I find this easier than applying turning force (which I agree has too high a threshold). I need to be driving on the highway for more than an hour before I bother turning on autopilot, so just like you I don't really use it that much.