Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autopilot

Re:Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autop... by Johnny555 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:30PM (#29986166)

That depends on your definition of driving, for example, take the dictionary definition:

"To guide, control, or direct (a vehicle)."

My car has driver assistance features, it can do basic lane keeping, keep a set distance behind the car in front (even in stop and go traffic), and has emergency braking assistance. But no one would say that it's self-driving.

Tesla FSD can control the car from entering the highway to taking your exit (plus some support for driving on smaller streets).

But it's not autonomous, hands-free driving.

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Re:Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autop... by koyote on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:38PM (#29986301)

I am not sure I understand the argument here as what you said highlights that Tesla's FSD is not fully self driving.

Taking the dictionary definition of fully:

"completely or entirely; to the fullest extent"

I would expect a fully self-driving car to drive for the entirety of any trip I wish to take. Anything less than that I would consider as "partial".

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Re:Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autop... by Johnny555 on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @04:42PM (#29986351)

The car can fully self drive -- it has full control over steering and brakes, can pass other cars and even enter/exit the highway.

My car has limited self-driving, it can only do limited lane keeping or keeping distance from the car in front.

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Re:Felony charges are first in a fatal crash involving Autop... by koyote on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @07:37PM (#29988310)

So you're defining it as the capability to automate steering, accelerator and brake? (i.e. the three things that constitute driving)

By that definition self-parking cars can also fully self-drive.

My definition of driving is being able to do all the tasks required to pass a driving test, i.e. driving around a city (intersections, roundabouts etc.), motorway, country road and car parks.

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