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Don't get me wrong, I love Tesla design. I just never understood why anyone would deliberately inject additional possible critical safety faults into their dri

Don't get me wrong, I love Tesla design. I just never understood why anyone would deliberately inject additional possible critical safety faults into their driving experience. I was glad when they started charging for it, 'cuz it just meant fewer dangerous Teslas on the road. I have no doubt we'll get to full autopilot...eventually, and we've "gotten there" already with adaptive cruise control, BUT in the interim, if you can't pay full attention while driving you shouldn't be driving.

fragmede 1y ago
Should, sure, but people are gonna people, and I'd rather this not-so-hypothetical driver be using the latest FSD rather then not paying attention and hoping Autopilot is up to the task.
senordevnyc 1y ago
We have gotten there. Waymo does hundreds of thousands of paid rides in US cities every week, with no one in the drivers seat, and an essentially flawless accident record. The future is here, we just need to roll it out to everyone.
- RajT88 1y ago
  Cannot wait until it comes outside of metros. My wife and I would love a self-driving carriage every now and again to and from our fav bar a mile down the road.
- mxschumacher 1y ago
  I'd really love to see the technology be used more in long-haul trucking. You could use roads in the middle of the night when capacity utilization is low on highways.
  - BurningFrog 1y ago
    Human truck drivers can only work 11 hours a day. Self driving trucks could double that, which would mean much better use of the trucks, faster deliveries, and an "epidemic" of lower costs across the economy.
typewithrhythm 1y ago
There is this big hump of safety, where adding assist features causes (some portion of) average drivers to become inattentive, and decreases overall safety. Things start to improve again once the features get even more capable. IMO Tesla fsd is well past the hump compared to most current cars with acc+lateral.

fragmede 1y ago

Should, sure, but people are gonna people, and I'd rather this not-so-hypothetical driver be using the latest FSD rather then not paying attention and hoping Autopilot is up to the task.

senordevnyc 1y ago

We have gotten there. Waymo does hundreds of thousands of paid rides in US cities every week, with no one in the drivers seat, and an essentially flawless accident record. The future is here, we just need to roll it out to everyone.

RajT88 1y ago
Cannot wait until it comes outside of metros. My wife and I would love a self-driving carriage every now and again to and from our fav bar a mile down the road.
mxschumacher 1y ago
I'd really love to see the technology be used more in long-haul trucking. You could use roads in the middle of the night when capacity utilization is low on highways.
- BurningFrog 1y ago
  Human truck drivers can only work 11 hours a day. Self driving trucks could double that, which would mean much better use of the trucks, faster deliveries, and an "epidemic" of lower costs across the economy.

typewithrhythm 1y ago

There is this big hump of safety, where adding assist features causes (some portion of) average drivers to become inattentive, and decreases overall safety. Things start to improve again once the features get even more capable. IMO Tesla fsd is well past the hump compared to most current cars with acc+lateral.