Was driving my MY on autopilot (v 2022.36.6) on a State HWY at 65 mph in the center lane.
It was green for me, and red for the left turn lane, a car waiting on that lane decided to cut into mine at the last moment.
I noticed and slammed the brakes before Auto-Pilot could respond. At that point, I completely forgot I had AP engaged, and acted instinctively.
Don't remember the breaking distance, I was hoping that the car will be able to come to a complete stop in time.
However, this happened:
After slowing down for a few yards, auto-steer chose to override my decision and make a rapid lane change to move into the adjacent lane that happened to be free, and kept going and crossed the lights incident free. I have never seen it change lanes so fast. It is usually super cautious to the extent it is boring.
Glad it noticed the car (though not as fast as I acted) and came up with a different (and maybe a better) call than mine (switching lanes vs. slamming the brakes).
However, that brings up more questions, can someone answer, so I know what to expect the next time?
1) If autopilot was not engaged, would it have done the same? Is it a core safety feature or a feature of auto-steer?
2) If it knew that slamming brakes would work as well (maybe less optimal, but still could work), will it still override my decision bcos it knows better?
3) I had never checked the lane next to me, so I panicked for a second when it changed lanes. Hindsight, I should trust it a bit more. But I if stood my ground, could I have overridden its decision to change lanes? I felt like there were no cues, it just took over)
4) I noticed it showed some messages on the screen as it did all this, but I was fixated on the road, and there is no way to look back at what messages it flashed. Did I miss any useful alerts/info?
5) Was hoping sentry mode or dashcam would have recorded the incident for me to review later, but there was nothing. Is there a way to auto-record when the car makes corrective maneuvers overriding the driver?
6) It dinged me for hard braking. I have tesla insurance, every ding costs me $$$.
I'm not against FSD, in the waitlist ever since I got the car, just want to understand the machine better.
It was green for me, and red for the left turn lane, a car waiting on that lane decided to cut into mine at the last moment.
I noticed and slammed the brakes before Auto-Pilot could respond. At that point, I completely forgot I had AP engaged, and acted instinctively.
Don't remember the breaking distance, I was hoping that the car will be able to come to a complete stop in time.
However, this happened:
After slowing down for a few yards, auto-steer chose to override my decision and make a rapid lane change to move into the adjacent lane that happened to be free, and kept going and crossed the lights incident free. I have never seen it change lanes so fast. It is usually super cautious to the extent it is boring.
Glad it noticed the car (though not as fast as I acted) and came up with a different (and maybe a better) call than mine (switching lanes vs. slamming the brakes).
However, that brings up more questions, can someone answer, so I know what to expect the next time?
1) If autopilot was not engaged, would it have done the same? Is it a core safety feature or a feature of auto-steer?
2) If it knew that slamming brakes would work as well (maybe less optimal, but still could work), will it still override my decision bcos it knows better?
3) I had never checked the lane next to me, so I panicked for a second when it changed lanes. Hindsight, I should trust it a bit more. But I if stood my ground, could I have overridden its decision to change lanes? I felt like there were no cues, it just took over)
4) I noticed it showed some messages on the screen as it did all this, but I was fixated on the road, and there is no way to look back at what messages it flashed. Did I miss any useful alerts/info?
5) Was hoping sentry mode or dashcam would have recorded the incident for me to review later, but there was nothing. Is there a way to auto-record when the car makes corrective maneuvers overriding the driver?
6) It dinged me for hard braking. I have tesla insurance, every ding costs me $$$.
I'm not against FSD, in the waitlist ever since I got the car, just want to understand the machine better.