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I'm not justifying how Tesla's assistance works as I've driven a rental and it really is glorified cruise control right now. That being said, I have a Honda wi

I'm not justifying how Tesla's assistance works as I've driven a rental and it really is glorified cruise control right now. That being said, I have a Honda with assistive braking and it is terrible. Shadows, pot holes, ghosts all seem to cause it to brake and not in predictable ways which is frustrating. I only leave it on, because I imagine one day I won't quite react fast enough to someone in front of me and it will save me the pain of rear ending someone. But I definitely almost did when it slammed the brakes on a highway off ramp and got me rightfully honked at by the car behind me. Whats worse is I'm not even sure if mine could receive updates at any point. Maybe at the dealership.

bussierem 5y ago
I have a Subaru with assistive braking (EyeSight) and it does the exact same thing on a very specific off ramp. My best guess was that it's detecting the big yellow "turn" sign right before the loop. It's about big enough to be the back of a car to the primitive detection. That's not a solution for you, just thought I would share commiseration. Your experience with it is slightly worse than mine has been but I leave mine on for the exact same reason.
jsight 5y ago
IMO, Tesla is a bit worse, but I agree with this in principle. I've had other cars phantom brake in similar situations. The worst phantom brakes that I've had from AP were cases where a car really was creeping into my lane a bit. Its just that hard braking wasn't the right fix for the situation as a slight swerve was safer.