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Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by tombert on Saturday September 06, 2025 @09:44AM (#45149214)
I am not 100% sure which “sense” this would be, but when I drive I can “feel” the texture of the road and intuit roughly how much traction I have. I’m not special, every driver does this, consciously or not.

I am not saying that you couldn’t do this with hardware, I am quite confident you could actually, but I am just saying that there are senses other than sight and sound at play here.

Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by ndsipa_pomu on Saturday September 06, 2025 @10:23AM (#45149511)
Whilst that might feel re-assuring that you're getting tactile feedback, I doubt that there's many situations apart from driving on snow and ice that it's of much use. Fair enough if you're aiming for a lap record round a track, but otherwise you shouldn't be anywhere near the limit of traction of your tyres.
Re:Tesla changes meaning of 'Full Self-Driving', gives up on... by tombert on Saturday September 06, 2025 @10:51AM (#45149780)
Snow, ice, and rain are cases that still need to be accounted for so that really doesn’t dispel anything I said.