Tesla Whistleblower Says ‘Autopilot’ System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads::“It affects all of us because we are essentially experiments in public roads.”
Tesla Whistleblower Says ‘Autopilot’ System Is Not Safe Enough To Be Used On Public Roads::“It affects all of us because we are essentially experiments in public roads.”
The comparison is a little flat when you consider autopilot has minimum viable weather and road condition requirements to activate, no snow or hail, etc, while human drivers must endure and perform optimally in all road and weather conditions.
Yeah that’s fair. It drives in snow–it’s snowing right now and it just drove 11 miles through town, got onto the interstate, exited into a different town, and navigated to the charging station, where I’m now sitting and writing this, without me touching the wheel except to back into the charge spot, but I take your point. I find that it will drive fine in most conditions humans should reasonably be able to drive in, but the extremes, where we probably shouldn’t be driving (but can and sometimes have to), it won’t do it. And obviously just bad but not extreme weather conditions it can be a coin flip.
I do also think that we hold self-driving to a higher standard. Mostly because I think the idea of getting seriously injured or killed due to our own shitty driving creeps us out less than if it happens from the car doing it. I really think the problem is that it’s branded as more than it is. It’s more like comprehensive driving assistance, but “full self driving” is an exaggeration.