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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by ceejayoz on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @10:15PM (#22419959)
> Autopilot (plane) in cruise is much different than using it in the terminal environment.

A car in "autopilot" is more akin to the terminal environment, though. Things happen faster. Pedestrians run out in front of the car, oncoming traffic swerves to miss a pothole, and a second later you're smashing into them.

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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by davidgould on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @05:41AM (#22421921)
These are the sort of hazards that autopilot seems to handle well, the problems have been more about ambiguous lane markings and missing large stationary objects.
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Re:Federal safety official slams Tesla, regulators for misus... by diggernet on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @03:49PM (#22427175)
As someone with an adaptive cruise control that has no problem seeing stationary objects, that last bit is just plain inexcusable.
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