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US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash

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410 points jjulius | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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xvector ◴[19 Oct 24 01:50 UTC] No.41885023[source]▶
My Tesla routinely tries to kill me on absolutely normal California roads in normal sunny conditions, especially when there are cars parked on the side of the road (it often brakes thinking I'm about to crash into them, or even swerves into them thinking that's the "real" lane).

Elon's Unsupervised FSD dreams are a good bit off. I do hope they happen though.

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1. gitaarik ◴[19 Oct 24 16:49 UTC] No.41888890[source]▶
I wonder, how are you "driving"? Are you sitting behind the wheel doing nothing except watch really good everything the car does so you can take over when needed? Isn't that a stressful experience? Wouldn't it be more comfortable to just do everything yourself so you know nothing weird can happen?

Also, if the car does something crazy, how much time do you have to react? I can imagine in some situations you might have too little time to prevent the accident the car is creating.

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2. xvector ◴[20 Oct 24 01:38 UTC] No.41892228[source]▶
> Isn't that a stressful experience?

It's actually really easy and kind of relaxing. For long drives, it dramatically reduces cognitive load leading to less fatigue and more alertness on the road.

My hand is always on the wheel so I can react as soon as I feel the car doing something weird.