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In practice it doesn’t work like this. Current Teslas allow Autopilot on the streets, it just tries to go forward on the intersections (with FSD it also tries
by vl 6y ago
In practice it doesn’t work like this.
Current Teslas allow Autopilot on the streets, it just tries to go forward on the intersections (with FSD it also tries to take turns). Stops on the lights and stop signs, btw. So the way you use it, you engage it on the long stretch, where it knows what to do, and monitor on the intersection. If it tries to take wrong lane on the intersection, you interfere. On simple intersections it goes through just fine. All this without FSD Beta.
Is it autonomous? No. Is it way less tiring to drive a car, when you don’t have to do lane keeping, speed control and traffic light stops yourself all the time? Absolutely.
- gamblor956 6y agoHaving to be prepared to take over at any second is more tiring than doing the other stuff myself. You have to be even more alert because you're changing mental states. For most people, lane keeping and speed control is ingrained enough they do it subconsciously.
- vl 6y agoHave you actually tried it? Because entire point I’m making is that it’s not like this in practice. You get used to it quickly and know when you need to monitor it and be ready and when you can relax.
- t0mas88 6y agoBut "knowing when you can relax" is the dangerous part. That's what makes humans unsuitable for monitoring something that goes right 99% of the time. Tesla's can swerve into an obstacle or oncoming traffic at any moment, it only happens maybe once per 100.000 driving hours, but at that moment the human behind the wheel is probably in the relax mode and completely incapable of taking over. That's not just theory, the article describes there have been 3 serious accidents already with "self driving" Teslas that crashed while being monitored by the driver.
- vl 6y agoBut how is it deferent from humans? They make mistakes too! All that matters is rate of mistakes.