Re:Another Tesla on autopilot steers towards a barrier
by pfooti on Friday April 06, 2018 @11:14AM
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I use lanekeeping on the freeway, usually with adaptive cruise control as well (subaru). I focus more on the Big Picture of all the cars around me, can see further and have a better sense of who is doing what. That's anecdotal, of course, and could well be placebo effect, but I still pay a lot of attention to the road.
Plus, lanekeeping can be really annoying if you rely on it all the time. The car sometimes tends to drift back and forth in a lane a little between corrections, instead of just going straight. So: you're still steering. It's just that you're steering less and have a defense in depth against loss of focus, and can drive without exhausting yourself.
I don't find steering onerous, but it requires just enough attention to keep you alert.
(I've never used a lanekeeping system, though. Maybe I'd like it, I dunno)