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The driver probably has it in "assertive" mode. Outside of assertive mode it is actually annoyingly conservative. So much so that I often take manual control at
by throwaway2016a 5y ago
The driver probably has it in "assertive" mode. Outside of assertive mode it is actually annoyingly conservative. So much so that I often take manual control at turns to avoid impatient drivers honking at me as it inches through the intersection.
With that said, I hate driving in Boston, so much so whenever I go there I park outside the city and take the T (subway) the rest of the way. I would not turn on FSD in Boston in a million years.
I live in a mid-sized city much smaller than Boston and it does "ok" but even there I take manual control when downtown.
- si1entstill 5y agoI've no experience with a Tesla, but Boston is a particularly unforgiving driving environment. I find it less stressful driving in NYC.
- throwaway2016a 5y agoI don't know what it is about Boston... maybe it's the pedestrians that don't check for traffic at all, or the taxis that split lanes, or maybe the five way intersections, or maybe the construction, or the tunnels and overpasses, or the fact the roads were laid out for horses and have absolutely no rhyme or reason most of the time... the list is long :P Never driven in NYC, though I have walked through it as a pedestrian... it seems easier to deal with.
- dylan604 5y agoAs someone that used to live 45 minutes outside of town, I'd kind of be okay with allowing the car to drive the monotonous highway bits and then taking over manual control for the city bits of driving.
- johnsimer 5y agoAutopilot already does that very well and has for a few years and comes for free with each Tesla. you don’t need to pay the $12k FSD package for that
- throwaway2016a 5y agoYeah, agreed. Enhances Autopilot does very well on the highway. Though FSD does navigate onramps and off ramps better than autopilot did (I don't know how autopilot works now since I'm on FSD beta now). With that said, though, I don't think you can buy just autopilot anymore. My other car is a Volvo and using Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Keep Assist is scary as heck, any more than slight turn in the highway and you have to correct to avoid leaving your lane. Tesla on the other hand can change lanes, and has no issues with even the most extreme turns in the highway. But off the highway FSD is definitely more stressful than just manually driving while it's in beta.
- FireBeyond 5y agoI "love" that your options are "annoyingly conservative" or "view road laws as optional".
- throwaway2016a 5y agoThere is an even more conservative option I haven't tried yet... But to be fair, New Englander's are terribly impatient. Many of our ideas of road etiquette include: no loitering at a light for more than 0.25s after it turns green. And "yellow means speed up."