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> I don't understand how paying attention can prevent this sort of thing. The simple answer is that you take over when something absurd is happening in front o
by zaroth 6y ago
> I don't understand how paying attention can prevent this sort of thing.
The simple answer is that you take over when something absurd is happening in front of you, like a trailer flipped on its side blocking your lane.
You don’t wait till the last moment to take over. You would immediately move over to the right lane, manually. AutoPilot helps in this case by keeping you perfectly in lane while you check your blind spot before getting over. That’s how it’s supposed to work anyway, and that’s how I use it.
- perl4ever 6y agoIn this particular case, maybe it was possible to avoid it, but in general, small changes in trajectory in a car can cause big consequences. This tractor trailer may have been huge and crosswise, but many things you are supposed to come within inches and so long as you miss it by millimeters, there's no problem.
- zaroth 6y agoWhat I tell my mom, who also drives a Tesla with AP, “If the AP isn’t driving better than you could at that very moment, if you think ‘Oh I’d rather be just a bit further over there’ - that’s when you disengage it. Don’t wait to see what will happen next.” Turns out that driving is 99.9% utter monotony and AP actually drives better than me during all that time.