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Is this very impressive? SF to LA, unless you're traveling on local roads, is essentially all freeway. And pretty much one long road at that. Hop on I-5 or 101
by bastawhiz 6y ago
Is this very impressive? SF to LA, unless you're traveling on local roads, is essentially all freeway. And pretty much one long road at that. Hop on I-5 or 101 or even the 1 and, in the words of The Simpsons, "sit back and feel your ass grow" for five hours. Self driving folks have been saying that highways driving has always been pretty straightforward for essentially a decade now. Perhaps I'm being cynical, but "completing an extremely well-traveled, uncomplicated route without error" doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment in the year 2021.
- beering 6y agoMust you be so casually dismissive? This video is interesting because it covers both dense urban streets and freeways, shows unedited footage including the autopilot debugging view, and is done with someone's personal car (as opposed to a company test car).
- randoramax 6y agoThese driver assistance is IMO especially useful onn such boring drives. I don't expect this tech to be legally cleared for busy city streets for a long time.
- AtlasBarfed 6y agoThe #1 use case of self driving for me is long distance automation. It should also be the easiest for freeways. Besides automating my current long highway drives, it will make the decision for any trip under 300 miles an automatic drive vs fly. For 400-600 miles, 90% chance of driving if I'm paying or staying longer than a carry-on. And I cannot wait for self driving ev RVs that will drive placed while I sleep in back, even if I am strapped in. I might sell my house and go full Chris farley
- nunez 6y agoThis is very impressive on city streets. Unassisted highway driving on Teslas has been a thing for a while (it works beautifully)
- Zanni 6y agoIt's "essentially all freeway" except the origin and destination. Watch the first few minutes of the video. Yes, it's impressive.