[Hellbanevil]

You are probally the exception.

A guy I know said the tech is so good you let your guard down.

He said there are days on 101 around 4:30 when he puts his sunglasses on and closes his eyes. He knows he taking a calculated risk. He's in bumper to bumper traffic.

He also said their were times he let the car drive home, with one eye open because he was tired.

With tech that good, I can see where drivers let their guard down compared to a guy in a old truck with a clutch. A vehicle he knows inside and out. A vehicle that needs his constant attention because of the sketchy alignment done years ago. Plus--he just can't afford a fender bender, or worse an ever increasing frantic fine. Hell--the stress of the old car might keep him more alert? Kinda like being in the woods when you know it's your wits, or a bear might tear you apart?

[mellavora]

> A vehicle he knows inside and out.

A vehicle he can drive as well and as effortlessly as a pro marathon runner can run. A vehicle that needs as little attention as his legs when walking. Because he knows it inside and out, he knows how the sketchy alignment affects handling at low speeds and at high speeds.

I was going to say "aw well as he can walk", but then I remembered that many American's are not good walkers.

nice that you brought up fender-benders, though. That old truck, probably doesn't matter if the fender bends a little more. VS cost to repair the tesla if it gets a ding...

[jaxn]

On familiar routes with nothing unusual going on, I also can let my guard down. But you do get alerts if not paying attention and will get kicked out of the beta after 5 or 6 of those. I have had 2 of those alerts in the course of the 6-7 months I have been on the beta.