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Also own a Tesla and use Autopilot regularly. Maps will always lag reality; I don’t think that it’s reasonable to expect Tesla maps to have perfect accuracy.

• dbeley 4y ago
  So why is Tesla calling that feature "autopilot"?
  • efitz 4y ago
    Autopilot is a great name for the feature. An aircraft autopilot controls speed and direction, within limits. The Tesla feature does the same. An autopilot in an airplane does not absolve the pilot of responsibility to maintain vigilance and avoid unsafe conditions. Same in the car.
    • blackoil 4y ago
      The result of lawsuit will tell how much is the driver or company absolved. Also would be interesting if you'll need special licence and 1000 hr training in simulator before allowed to drive Tesla.
      • ghaff 4y ago
        Assuming a "it's Tesla's fault" defense ever makes it before a jury. A judge could decide that the driver was in control of the car and trying to slough off that responsibility has no basis in law.
    • gamblor956 4y ago
      An aircraft autopilot controls speed and direction, within limits. This is false, and I don't know why Tesla stans keep bringing this BS up like it's some sort of justification. A modern aircraft autopilot is fully capable of taking a plane from takeoff to landing without any pilot intervention required. Pilots frequently use autopilot in flight, but rarely do so for takeoff or landing because it's more stressful to monitor the craft's autopilot system at those moments than it is to simply handle those parts of the flight themselves (and at least for autoland functions, the airport must be certified for autolanding).
      • efitz 4y ago
        There exist flight control systems with automatic take-off and autoland capability. Those are on fly-by-wire modern airliners. There are also tens of thousands of Cessna’s etc. that have the functionality I described and no more (sometimes less).
• mellavora 4y ago
  My car (not as advanced as a Tesla) reads the speed limit using cameras to parse street signs. Maps will always lag reality, but this is a commonly driven street, probably not the first Tesla to drive down it-- Waze was using info like this for years, hate to think Tesla is less capable. In short, there is no excuse for Tesla's maps not knowing about the speed change on this stretch of road.
  • qubitcoder 4y ago
    Teslas most certainly read speed limit signs. They have for years now. My stock Model Y purchased in January 2021 had the feature built-in. With FSD beta, turning off a major highway onto my neighborhood street (very narrow and no lane markings), it defaults to 25 MPH. About 100 feet later, the car sees the 35 MPH sign and speeds up accordingly. In this case, 35 MPH is too fast given the curves, slight hills, and limited visibility. I slow down manually in these cases using the roller wheels. Tesla has gradually improved its speed planning to account for different scenarios. But it's still a work in progress and often requires manual tweaking.
• jacquesm 4y ago
  > Maps will always lag reality; I don’t think that it’s reasonable to expect Tesla maps to have perfect accuracy. That's why you don't rely on maps as your only input to a feature such as this. Also, is there any information on how long this situation was in the way posted because I can't imagine that they built a city overnight at the end of that transition, it looks like a situation that had existed for many years prior to the accident.