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My driveway is really steep, but I'm not on autopilot then. Otherwise some mild rolling hills.Do you drive down steep hills?
It’s only when you’re not using AP that you get penalized for hard braking (or anything else). Anything that happens while using AP is not supposed to impact your score, according to Tesla.My driveway is really steep, but I'm not on autopilot then. Otherwise some mild rolling hills.
...Except, of course, for forced Autopilot disengagements -- when the car disengages Autopilot because you're not applying torque to the steering wheel. (It doesn't ding you when the first alert to apply force appears, just when it starts beeping madly and actually disengages Autopilot. I've never had this happen myself, so I'm not really clear on exactly what happens.)It’s only when you’re not using AP that you get penalized for hard braking (or anything else). Anything that happens while using AP is not supposed to impact your score, according to Tesla.
I was clueless about this, think it was only looking at AP sessions. Makes sense, though, if Tesla Insurance is going to use this info, then they want to observe all driving.It’s only when you’re not using AP that you get penalized for hard braking (or anything else). Anything that happens while using AP is not supposed to impact your score, according to Tesla.
Thanks. This will be my focus for the week....Except, of course, for forced Autopilot disengagements -- when the car disengages Autopilot because you're not applying torque to the steering wheel. (It doesn't ding you when the first alert to apply force appears, just when it starts beeping madly and actually disengages Autopilot. I've never had this happen myself, so I'm not really clear on exactly what happens.)
To the main question, my guess is that the steep driveway is what's causing you problems. If the driveway is steep enough, you're likely to get dinged when braking going downhill. I'm pretty sure that's happened to me once or twice. My own driveway is sloped, but it's not all that steep. Try entering (or departing, depending on which way it's sloped -- slowing on downhill motion is the "gotcha") as slowly as possible, and brake as lightly as possible when doing so.
Take a long trip on the Interstate and use AP all the way. You will rack up the 100% miles and rase your score with no chance of being dinged.On almost all of these drives, only regen braking & none by me. Can't recall any actual hard brake instances. I can't get my score above 90 because of this.
Taking a 2-day 1,100 road trip on SaturdayTake a long trip on the Interstate and use AP all the way. You will rack up the 100% miles and rase your score with no chance of being dinged.
It's about statistics, not individual events. Take two drivers:Seems like it assumes it’s safer to run stale yellow and red lights than stopping…
Also seems as if it would prefer you to cut people off, rather than get closer to the car you’ll be following as you change lanes.
Who knew those were safe driving practices. If Tesla ever delves into health insurance perhaps they’ll have a discount for smokers.
This, and the idea that the safety score is also measuring the complexity and risk in the environment that each car usually operates in, is what a lot of posters in this forum are overlooking I think. Safety Score isn't a judgement on your driving skills - it's just the best way Tesla could think of to de-risk the expansion of their beta program. Accidents put the whole roadmap at risk due to media reporting ->potential regulation.All that said, I do agree that the Safety Score is imperfect, and in a big way. I wouldn't want my insurance rates to be set based on the Safety Score as it exists now. As a gatekeeper to help Tesla manage the expansion of its BETA-TEST PROGRAM, though, I'm OK with it, warts and all. Developing a better system would have required considerable R&D work, which would have cost Tesla more money than it'd be worth and/or would have delayed the rollout of the current wide beta program.
Basically, if you are on flat ground, just have regenerative braking on.On almost all of these drives, only regen braking & none by me. Can't recall any actual hard brake instances. I can't get my score above 90 because of this.