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I dont know what you mean by “prime driving conditions”, but it seems to work great both in sunny clear weather and in severe rain and thunderstorm, as well as

I dont know what you mean by “prime driving conditions”, but it seems to work great both in sunny clear weather and in severe rain and thunderstorm, as well as with varying levels of traffic (from none to heavy). I have been using it for almost a year on my daily commute to work (~13 miles one way), and only once it didn’t let me engage autopilot due to severe weather (but it was so bad, even i couldnt see much, so i had to pull over at the nearest exit and wait until weather conditions cleared up; and no, i wasnt going to let autopilot drive in such poor conditions, i just wanted to check if it would let me engage it). Every other time, even in thunderstorms and rain, it worked flawlessly (and we get plenty of rainy days here in PNW, though mostly not waterfall-tier of rain like you would get on east coast). I can imagine, it would probably not work well with significant snow on the roads, but i didnt get a chance or reason to test it, because when it snows enough here to be an issue, everything pretty much gets closed.

olliej 6y ago
prime driving conditions means: well marked freeways. Accidents primarily happen in areas like suburban and city streets with pedestrians, effectively randomized lighting and road surfaces, and random mix of traffic lights, stops sign, and poor road markings. The closer you get to the latter the less likely AP is to engage, and also the higher likelihood of a crash for any vehicle. Effectively AP is ensuring that it can never been operating in the situations that produce the bulk of the crash rate statistics, so any claims of relative safety are kind of meaningless.
- perl4ever 6y ago
  >Accidents primarily happen in areas like suburban and city streets I was just taking a defensive driving course for the insurance discount, and I think it said the vast majority of (lethal, major) accidents are on two lane rural highways. Because in the US they are often posted at 55 mph, and have uncontrolled intersections, unpredictable visibility, no separation between oncoming traffic, and so on. But I assume you also wouldn't want to use autopilot there either.

olliej 6y ago

prime driving conditions means: well marked freeways. Accidents primarily happen in areas like suburban and city streets with pedestrians, effectively randomized lighting and road surfaces, and random mix of traffic lights, stops sign, and poor road markings. The closer you get to the latter the less likely AP is to engage, and also the higher likelihood of a crash for any vehicle. Effectively AP is ensuring that it can never been operating in the situations that produce the bulk of the crash rate statistics, so any claims of relative safety are kind of meaningless.

perl4ever 6y ago
>Accidents primarily happen in areas like suburban and city streets I was just taking a defensive driving course for the insurance discount, and I think it said the vast majority of (lethal, major) accidents are on two lane rural highways. Because in the US they are often posted at 55 mph, and have uncontrolled intersections, unpredictable visibility, no separation between oncoming traffic, and so on. But I assume you also wouldn't want to use autopilot there either.