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 dif

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.