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by onemoresoop 62 days ago
This is a policy that Tesla put in place, period. Handling control to driver suddenly in a weird moment can make the whole situation even more dangerous as the driver is not primed to handle it on the spot, it’s all too unexpected.
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scott_w 62 days ago
Yep, your comment reminds me of a time my mother was about to hit a bird in the road. However, she was too busy arguing with the passenger to notice, and her driving was starting to become erratic already. I decided not to tell her because I knew that the shock could cause her do something more drastic like crash the car to try and avoid it.
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boringg 62 days ago
I guess i'll step in for the counter.

How is a car supposed to pre-empt when it is in a situation that is to challenging for it to navigate? Isn't it the driver who should see a situation that looks dicey for FSD and take control?

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onemoresoop 62 days ago
Maybe the car should not have this dangerous feature in the first place? Or maybe train drivers thoroughly and frequently for when this situation arises it becomes less dangerous.

It seems to me FSD for Tesla is not ready to go into Prod as it is now.

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throw0101a 61 days ago
> Isn't it the driver who should see a situation that looks dicey for FSD and take control?

How does a driver judge what is and is not "dicey" from the FSD's perspective?

If you don't have confidence in FSD, then you wouldn't use it in the first place. If you do have confidence, then why would you ever (or how often) would you take over?

Is there some kind of 'confidence gauge' that the FSD displays in how well it thinks it can handle the situation? If there is/was, perhaps the driver could see it dropping and prime himself to take over.

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tremon 62 days ago
How is a car supposed to pre-empt when it is in a situation that is to challenging for it to navigate?

By anticipating further ahead. If it finds itself into a situation that it can't get itself out of, it means it should have made more defensive choices earlier or relinquish control earlier. And if it doesn't have either the reasoning capacity or the spatial awareness data to do that, it is not fit for general usage and should be pulled.

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boringg 62 days ago
Was this case FSD or was this earliest generation technology? And does this still happen?

I agree you right in that's what you expect to happen.

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