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06-13-2019, 07:28 PM | #71 |
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my near death excursion through a convenient store / gas station parking lot suggests this is true of 75% of the drivers on the road today.
JV mentioned in the motorcycle thread he thinks it is getting worse (distracted / unattentive driving) and I have to agree. I've also noticed people seem much more beligerent these days... ie: I know its your turn, but I'm going to cut you off anyway and give you a nasty look while doing it, because F-U, have a nice day. It was a crappy day
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06-13-2019, 08:10 PM | #72 |
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09-28-2019, 09:06 AM | #73 |
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Discuss...
https://youtu.be/AHvR3ooaQu8 This doesn't seem OK to me. My stance on auto pilot is based entirely on a human being present and responsible. Driverless driving is different. Very different. |
09-28-2019, 10:38 AM | #74 |
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Umm, yeah... That half-baked sh*t is totally ready to release.
This irresponsible crap from Tesla is one of my main beefs with them. Even if "summon" doesn't end up killing scores of people (let's say slow speeds, within view etc), it's a distraction, it's a marketing ploy while being a gimmick that doesn't achieve anything. It sounded like it'd be a lot easier to go pick up and drive the damned car rather than adjust a dropped pin on a screen again and again and the car waiting at awkward angles and positions as it is driven by a lower form of intelligence with no sense of what it's doing. |
09-28-2019, 11:04 AM | #75 |
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Having your car pick you up at the door when it's raining is pretty damn cool.
But driverless vehicles released with no oversight or laws is pretty crazy. I'm wondering if we'll see regulation soon on this and it all comes to a screeching halt. I can't wait to see the videos of self driving Teslas clogging up parking lots. The parking lots in California will be completely gridlocked soon. |
09-28-2019, 03:15 PM | #76 | |
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Drive down to Atlantic City, park in one of those multi level parking garages and see how well it works. . . .your car might never find you again!
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09-28-2019, 06:53 PM | #77 |
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That was painful to watch. Not sure if I would even call that beta version.
Is that released or just some early version he somehow got ahold of? |
09-29-2019, 12:46 AM | #78 |
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It's rolling out to everyone now in the "V10" version.
I don't have it yet so I haven't read the warnings, but I'm told that it instructs you: a) you're supposed to use it only when you can see the vehicle, and b) you need to keep your finger on the button the whole time, otherwise the vehicle stops. If it gets into a fender bender, I suppose the "driver" holding the remote is still responsible. But this will get interesting for sure. I don't even use it to back in or out or the garage. Once I read that Tesla isn't responsible if it drives into the side of the garage, I'm not using it. |
09-29-2019, 05:31 AM | #79 |
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Watching the video it looks like the Tesla was a horrible driver ... in other words it was like watching a new driver try to drive a car .... if that is what driverless driving is going to be like we are all in trouble.
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09-29-2019, 12:47 PM | #80 |
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Still scares me less than Floridian drivers.
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