Driverless cars are stuck in a jam

Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam by tyfon on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:14AM (#21387378)

I use autopilot even on small roads even if it's not designed for it. After V10 it also handles roads without a centre line just fine.

However I do pay attention and keep my hands on the wheel, I think autopilot + human is much safer than either one, but since the latest updates I rarely have to take control if not going in roundabouts or junctions.

I also had one instance a few weeks ago where I tried to enter another lane manually and the car took control from me and put me back in my lane as there was someone in my blind spot without their headlights on so I didn't see it.

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Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam by rootusrootus on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:00PM (#21389381)

That sounds promising. OTOH, my car tried to drive into a tractor-trailer a couple weeks ago. That was a momentarily interesting experience. It seemed to become confused by the onramp merge joining my travel lane (pretty normal for autopilot to screw this up), but then it "realized" the mistake and dove for the other lane. I haven't been as happy with v10 as I was with v9.

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Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam by tyfon on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @05:44AM (#21395938)

Yes, I know especially model 3 owners are less happy with V10 than V9 in this regards. I've had the opposite experience with the X.

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