As a previously mostly-content Tesla owner, these Autopilot updates are a big step back in safety. The “checking for eyes on the road” feature is now so aggressive it will loudly beep at me and flash warnings anytime I even look at the touchscreen to change the temperature while autopilot is engaged. On a straight freeway. Then what’s the goddamn use of having a single touchscreen control everything?
Honestly, Autopilot/Autosteer was fine. For years. It’s a driver aide which, just like regular old dumb cruise-control, makes driving a little less tiring but still obviously requires the user to pay attention. It’s just irresponsible drivers and Tesla’s own “it’s self driving” advertising ruining it for everyone.
Yeah. Well I think they do, technically. Autopilot is just adaptive cruise-control and lanekeeping, both features increasingly also seen in many other vehicles, and is totally separate from the “full self driving” feature. But their confusing messaging over the years (in particular from one highly erratic source…) seems to have convinced some people that all Tesla vehicles are self-driving miracle cars, which in turn I suspect has led them to use autosteer everywhere all the time without paying attention, with predictable consequences…
I never thought too much about it because autopilot in my model 3 was fine when used normally, but now due to all this it’s getting quite annoying…
As a previously mostly-content Tesla owner, these Autopilot updates are a big step back in safety. The “checking for eyes on the road” feature is now so aggressive it will loudly beep at me and flash warnings anytime I even look at the touchscreen to change the temperature while autopilot is engaged. On a straight freeway. Then what’s the goddamn use of having a single touchscreen control everything?
Honestly, Autopilot/Autosteer was fine. For years. It’s a driver aide which, just like regular old dumb cruise-control, makes driving a little less tiring but still obviously requires the user to pay attention. It’s just irresponsible drivers and Tesla’s own “it’s self driving” advertising ruining it for everyone.
Maybe if they marketed it as something less than “full self driving” people would be more responsible.
Yeah. Well I think they do, technically. Autopilot is just adaptive cruise-control and lanekeeping, both features increasingly also seen in many other vehicles, and is totally separate from the “full self driving” feature. But their confusing messaging over the years (in particular from one highly erratic source…) seems to have convinced some people that all Tesla vehicles are self-driving miracle cars, which in turn I suspect has led them to use autosteer everywhere all the time without paying attention, with predictable consequences…
I never thought too much about it because autopilot in my model 3 was fine when used normally, but now due to all this it’s getting quite annoying…