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Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by worik on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:14PM (#36276284)
>>Also if I am using a tablet doing email or browsing or even playing games, 10 seconds is plenty of time

> That's a bit better from an alertness standpoint

How do you know?

Subjective measurement of time is very inaccurate. I have experienced this, when I timed some regular activities I undertook every day, total habit. I would have said they took me ten seconds. When I timed them, it was forty five seconds.

I have no faith in anybodies' perception of how long they can switch context like this unless they have objectively measured it

I have heard that this has been studied, a quick web search turned up just this: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/000169...

Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by rl3 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:20PM (#36276330)
>How do you know?

That's a good point. On the face of it, I'd assumed an awake person already engaging their brain would perform better than a person just waking up in that context, but perahps not.

>I have no faith in anybodies' perception of how long they can switch context like this unless they have objectively measured it

Agreed. Moreover, I'd say that the risk for faulty information processing or incorrect preconceptions is higher if the person is distracted but awake.

Re:Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:45PM (#36276517)
I'm not worried that it will actually take anyone 45 seconds to put down a tablet when the car is doing the handover.