op here. you nailed it on the head. also, the car started breaking before i could! incidentally, i’ve also had the tesla dodge a deer successfully! autopilot

op here. you nailed it on the head. also, the car started breaking before i could! incidentally, i’ve also had the tesla dodge a deer successfully! autopilot has improved in BIG ways over the past 2 years. went 700 miles in one day on autopilot thru the mountains. no issues at all. that said expecting perfection from a machine or a human is a fools errand.