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LIDAR would not have made any difference if the car is not coded to handle the situation, let alone how in the hell is that even legal? We can only make an asse

LIDAR would not have made any difference if the car is not coded to handle the situation, let alone how in the hell is that even legal? We can only make an assessment of what the car saw if he were lucky enough to have the screen data as seen in car if not all telemetry from its recordings. I own a TM3 and I do not have the "FSD beta" that is in limited testing. I will say that the car display portion of the UI really does not impress me in what it shows and does not show. As in it is damn happy to show cones and garbage cans but I have instances where it showed me cones front and back of a vehicle but did not draw the vehicle in between. Same with a floating garbage can where sometimes the loader was visible but the truck itself would wink in and out. I really wish people would quit ascribing super natural abilities to LIDAR let alone superiority. Plus I really want to see studies done which show the impact having hundreds of LIDAR equipped vehicles would have on people, animals, and even insect, life. (then again how many vehicles in traffic does it take to cause an issue for them)

ogre_codes 6y ago
The only reason I mentioned LIDAR is because I strongly suspect the reason the Tesla didn’t avoid that is because the angle of the sunlight made that pillar difficult to see. I fully agree with you that that spot on the road is pretty horrible, which is why I mentioned it. But dealing with crappy roads is the inherent problem any self driving car has. It’s the car’s job to not hit things. I own a Model Y and I feel like Tesla’s autopilot gets a worse rap than it deserves. But there is an inherent disconnect between what the car is capable of and what some people presume it is capable of. Tesla doesn’t help this with their branding. Why did the driver just let his car plow into the pillar instead of taking control? Were they even looking up at the time? Would you have let your car drive into a pillar like that? I’d like to think I would have, but perhaps not.

ogre_codes 6y ago

The only reason I mentioned LIDAR is because I strongly suspect the reason the Tesla didn’t avoid that is because the angle of the sunlight made that pillar difficult to see. I fully agree with you that that spot on the road is pretty horrible, which is why I mentioned it. But dealing with crappy roads is the inherent problem any self driving car has. It’s the car’s job to not hit things. I own a Model Y and I feel like Tesla’s autopilot gets a worse rap than it deserves. But there is an inherent disconnect between what the car is capable of and what some people presume it is capable of. Tesla doesn’t help this with their branding. Why did the driver just let his car plow into the pillar instead of taking control? Were they even looking up at the time? Would you have let your car drive into a pillar like that? I’d like to think I would have, but perhaps not.