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I mean I wouldn't recommend it, but realistically Tesa's autopilot is good enough that you would have the extra 1 second it takes to take off the headset to rea
by namlem 3y ago
I mean I wouldn't recommend it, but realistically Tesa's autopilot is good enough that you would have the extra 1 second it takes to take off the headset to react.
- millzlane 3y agoI remember from driving school that it only takes one second to have an accident.
- namlem 3y agoSure but autopilot can brake and steer to avoid an accident. Though apparently the Cybertruck doesn't actually have this yet? That makes this completely fucking crazy.
- smcl 3y agoThere have already been accidents where some people have had exactly this opinion - that "autopilot" can brake/steer enough to avoid an accident - and crashed or died as a result.
- j33zusjuice 3y agoThat’s true. You never know when someone’s tire’s gonna blow out. And I think the added disorientation from having to hastily remove an unanticipated blindfold would contribute negatively, as well. I could even see myself pausing for a beat thinking it would come back.
- al_borland 3y agoI was driving last week and a shovel fell out of the back of a work truck in front of me on the expressway going 75mph. It bounced erratically across the road. I was hanging back, as I usually do from trucks like that, and was able to slow down to stay well out of the way. The shovel caught some bounces that threw it to the side of the road (through a bunch of cars merging on the expressway). Had I been in a Tesla, following close with autopilot, and screwing around on a headset, I probably would have gotten a shovel through my windshield.
- zirror 3y agoFYI: According to the twitter comments, the Cybertruck does not have autopilot.
- namlem 3y agoWow wtf? One that this person is doing this without autopilot is crazy. But also crazy that Tesla would ship the Cybertruck without autopilot support.
- _ea1k 3y agoYeah, Cybertruck is shipping without some of its major features enabled. They also have diff lockers that can't be engaged. :facepalm
- sharms 3y agoAutopilot is a standard Tesla feature which is different than full self driving or FSD.
- _ea1k 3y agoTrue, but it isn't available on Cybertruck yet. The software is effectively incomplete.