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Tesla reintroduces 'Mad Max' Full Self-Driving mode that breaks speed limits (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (5 children)

I don't have stats, but my personal feeling is that car safety features trump full self driving.

Eg, you are actively driving (which ensures you are engaged and dont fall asleep, etc), but if the car sees something it can react (drifting out of lane, car slows down ahead of you, person walks in road, etc).

That seems so much safer in my opinion.

(That works for driving around town, ofc I think adaptive cruise control + the above safety features is safe for highways, etc)

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    For the moment absolutely, that’s why the system requires your attention and will lock you out of using it fairly quickly if you are distracted. Tesla drivers on FSD are forced by their car to pay attention to the road. Surely people can see how that alone makes it safer than all of the cars that don’t know their driver is texting or whatever in a car that can’t drive itself at all.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Tesla drivers on FSD are forced by their car to pay attention to the road.

    i've personally seen this not to be true and it's not hard to find videos verifying my position.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Could you please share a video showing this demonstrated on version 13.2.9? I will happily watch and admit you were right if you can find a video of the current version being easily tricked.

    Edit: To anyone reading this comment in the future think about what is revealed when not only is a video provided but I’m downvoted for merely asking for it.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    If it can ensure you are looking at the road, that sounds good.

    Not sure if it seems as safe as you in full operation of the car for turns etc around town, but its a good safety feature to ensure you arent distracted.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago

    Not only can it, it is a required part of FSD. You can not operate it without it making sure your eyes are on the road. Every source looking at actual incidents per mile driven shows that FSD (and Waymo and the others) is already safer than human drivers. I’d be happy to be proven wrong on that.

    There are incidents. It’s not perfect, but right now that’s why humans must still be actively paying attention.

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