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by ggreer 1213 days ago
I'm talking about standard speed limit signs. You're talking about the signs that warn about sharp turns and advise maximum speeds. Yes it would be good if the software understood those signs, but that's a different issue.

Teslas definitely read speed limit signs. I've had mine correctly detect and follow speed limits in areas without connectivity or map data. It also follows speed limits on private drives (if there is a sign) and obeys temporary speed limit signs that have been put up in construction zones.

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So they read some, but not all speed limit signs, and especially not the really important ones that inform you that you will be going dangerously fast if you do not read and follow them. That is criminally unacceptable.
Can you name any car manufacturer that has software to read those signs?
Waymo. Cruise. And I do not see how the presence or absence of features in other products has any bearing on the lacking safety characteristics of FSD.

Frankly, attempting to deflect by arguing that it is okay to release a defective safety critical product to unsuspecting consumers just because nobody else is willing to offer a similar product because they have some moral integrity is a stance that makes the executives at Ford presiding over the Pinto look like angels in comparison. All the Ford executives did was cover it up to avoid having to pay to fix it. At least they did not intentionally release a known defective and dangerous product just to recognize some revenue.

Neither of those companies have software that reads those signs and use them to choose cornering speeds. They both use high resolution 3D maps from previous lidar scans of the road.
>I'm talking about standard speed limit signs. You're talking about the signs that warn about sharp turns and advise maximum speeds.

Cognitive dissonance at it's finest.

These are not the speed limit signs you are looking for!