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A comment on Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not to slow down.

Re:Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not ... by cs702 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:50PM (#35966851)
Human drivers in my city routinely do the same thing, so from my perspective the car behaved in a very-human-like manner.[a]

A longer video by the same person showing FSD Beta 11.4.1 driving his car is here (40+ minutes):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAFyPqSu8Vo

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[a] What's more, when there's a line of pedestrians about to cross an intersection, which will block it, I've seen human drivers accelerate to avoid getting stuck behind the line. Actually, I see that all the time when there are a lot of pedestrians downtown.

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Re:Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not ... by whazor on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:01PM (#35966993)
I noticed EV drivers are much more willing to break and wait for people crossing.

I think it is because of regenerative breaking and quick acceleration, which makes the cost of stopping much smaller. Or negative if you get a kick out of acceleration.

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Re:Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not ... by mcguire on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @03:59PM (#35966966)
Back in Austin, it was pretty common for pedestrians to have to stop and wait in the crosswalk while cars continued to pass. I've also seen cars pulled over by police for doing so.
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Re:Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not ... by ryandvm on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @05:10PM (#35967804)
Fair enough, but better than a human is supposed to be the point of all this. Who needs self driving cars if they're going to be mowing people down while they check their Instagram?
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