I have even earned the dubious honor of having been pulled over for suspected drunk driving because I used AP on a trip home from my MIL's house after Thanksgiving dinner. I was amused by how much trouble AP was having with mild corners on I-5, the state trooper behind me was less amused. Well, at least until he established that I was sober, then we had a good laugh about autopilot and he gave my kids sticker badges. A happy ending for everyone but I didn't activate AP again that night.

Maybe the problem was that it was clear and dry? Ya think it would have been better with some road spray on the cameras?

Subsequent to that, I ended up abandoning AP altogether because it was so jarring when it would decide an overpass looked like something it should slow down for. My wife suggested that she'd be happier if I just used my foot for the accelerator. For some reason we still ended up buying another one, but after the phantom braking on day one (empty freeway, overpass, apparently this is very much now "a thing"), I guess I'll just skip AP before even starting. I wonder if I could ask Tesla to deactivate AP altogether so I could have traditional cruise control?

It’s not FSD, but if you use it as a driver assist, it takes a giant amount of burden off of driving in traffic. Even on a busy highway that’s going somewhat fast, it’ll just follow the car in front of you. And truly, it’s never once been dangerous.

Only catch is that it can’t “see” very long distance — if you’re going 70mph and there’s a stopped car in your lane, it probably won’t stop (at least, I wouldn’t test it!). But again, it’s driver-assist and not FSD, so you’re still expected to notice that. And within its limitations, it is really exceptional.