Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra...
by dragonwriter on Saturday May 15, 2021 @01:35AM
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So, your argument is that no matter what choices were made about tuning, Autopilot isn't ready for real use?
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Re:Tesla Autopilot system was on during fatal California cra...
by toast0 on Saturday May 15, 2021 @02:00AM
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Given the choices that were made, I don't think it can do the job it's marketed as doing, and I don't think I could safely and reliably supervise a car that's expected to partially drive itself.
I much prefer to drive a vehicle where I'm clearly responsible, but the (on by default) assistance features might help me out from time to time if I screw up. A computer doesn't get bored of checking if there's a slowing vehicle or (if it checks for them) stationary object in the path; but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't stay alert enough to jump in. OTOH, I also don't like using cruise control either, but that's not because I want to stay alert, but because without radar cruise control it's too much work to use, and I don't like the following distance options for the radar cruise control I have access to.