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This has been going on for a very, very long time. I remember someone figured you could put one of those weighed medicine balls in the crook of the steering whe
by Kirby64 3y ago
This has been going on for a very, very long time. I remember someone figured you could put one of those weighed medicine balls in the crook of the steering wheel and it'd provide just enough force to not nag you.
Pretty sure the FSD beta has improved the nag algorithm to do two things: it checks the in car camera to see if you're looking forward, and if not increases the nag frequency (likewise, nags less frequently if it thinks you're looking forward) And it changed the nag condition such that a constant down force isn't considered valid.
Either way, this is clearly in the category of play stupid games win stupid prizes... Not really Teslas job (or any car mfgs job) to make their systems uncircumventable.
- JoshGlazebrook 3y agoThe more recent FSD software versions do try to detect these. It will warn you about a "hands on defeat-device detected" before locking you out. Not sure how it's determining this. Likely the interior camera seeing both of your hands at some point and the steering wheel still saying its detecting pressure. Or maybe it detects the amount of pressure against the wheel, and obviously a human would result in varying amounts of force vs. probably a consistent amount of force if its a weighted stationary object.
- isykt 3y agoTeslas as late as the 2020 Model X have no inside-facing camera. I wonder if it's easier to defeat.