Re:Tesla FSD passes water hose test
by beardyw on Saturday April 12, 2025 @03:26AM
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I still have bad memories of driving down a quiet, country lane in rural France, the type with banks on either side, with my wife and children. It was very dark and warm. Absolutely out of nowhere my windscreen was an explosion of water and I could see nothing. Luckily I stopped OK, and found it was an industrial scale watering hose rotating occasionally across the road. Scared me half to death.
Re:Tesla FSD passes water hose test
by jqpabc123 on Saturday April 12, 2025 @08:15AM
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This test lacks realism.
Water of this scale does not typically fall out of a bright sunny sky. It is almost always associated with greatly decreased visibility --- sometimes even at night.
In the middle of a downpour, most people aren't standing still with their head and face fully exposed facing oncoming traffic.
What this does show clearly is the typical self driving response to almost any unexpected event --- slam on the brakes.
Re:Tesla FSD passes water hose test
by peterisza on Saturday April 12, 2025 @08:49AM
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This video is a reconstruction of Mark Rober's failed test that had a similar setup. However, Mark Rober only tested Autopilot which is just a lane keep assist from 7 years ago, and is a different software from FSD.
According to Tesla, FSD is the real deal, FSD is supposed to become unsupervised. Many Tesla owners were curious whether FSD would stop under the same simulated conditions, and this is why the setup is like this with the hose and everything.
Water of this scale does not typically fall out of a bright sunny sky. It is almost always associated with greatly decreased visibility --- sometimes even at night.
In the middle of a downpour, most people aren't standing still with their head and face fully exposed facing oncoming traffic.
What this does show clearly is the typical self driving response to almost any unexpected event --- slam on the brakes.
According to Tesla, FSD is the real deal, FSD is supposed to become unsupervised. Many Tesla owners were curious whether FSD would stop under the same simulated conditions, and this is why the setup is like this with the hose and everything.
According to Tesla, FSD is an oxymoron --- it requires constant supervision.
In technical terms, what Tesla offers is Level 2 automation. Real "Full Self Driving" is Level 5.
https://www.extremetech.com/cars/the-5-levels-of-autonomous-...
https://www.jalopnik.com/elon-musk-tesla-self-driving-cars-a...