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by boatmansloth 1900 days ago
What's promised in that paragraph as a whole is stress free leaving the car to do its thing, even when you're not in it.

What is in the videos on youtube is the driver needing to be hypervigilant to prevent it hitting curbs, waiting behind parked cars and driving off the road down light rail tracks.
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matz1 1900 days ago
No where in the paragraph it says stress free.

>What is in the videos on youtube is the driver needing to be hypervigilant to prevent it hitting curbs, waiting behind parked cars and driving off the road down light rail tracks

So? Its a mistake, tesla didn't promise it can cover all situation nor won't make a mistake.

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vel0city 1900 days ago
> All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go.

> Your Tesla will figure out the optimal route, navigate urban streets (even without lane markings), manage complex intersections with traffic lights, stop signs and roundabouts, and handle densely packed freeways with cars moving at high speed.

Sure seems to me having to be hyper-vigilant to prevent it from driving down some lightrail tracks or getting it going after it decides to wait behind a parked car is more than "All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go."

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matz1 1900 days ago
>All you will need to do is get in and tell your car where to go.

Its a promise about the future. Read the last paragraph:

>The future use of these features without supervision is dependent on achieving reliability far in excess of human drivers as demonstrated by billions of miles of experience, as well as regulatory approval, which may take longer in some jurisdictions. As these self-driving capabilities are introduced, your car will be continuously upgraded through over-the-air software updates."

Beside, from the video, I don't see the need to be "hyper-vigilant", yes you do need to pay attention, which is recommend by tesla, but far from being hyper-vigilant.

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boatmansloth 1899 days ago
> Its a promise about the future.

Which they haven’t yet delivered on, so the car doesn’t have full self driving.

> yes you do need to pay attention

Part of their promise is that it’ll drive off and park itself. Can’t really pay attention when you’re not in it.

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