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Any hack to remove the autopilot nag?

ElectricIAC

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I see a difference.

That being said while I’m no fan of the implementation of the nag nor it’s frequency: I’ve seen AP/EAP/“FSD” pull enough bonehead moves to not trust it and am quite honestly a much more vigilant driver for it.
 
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AlanSubie4Life

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Turning the scroll wheels is a nag defeat if you consider the nag is to make sure your hands are on the wheel at all times. So if Tesla is ok with you turning the scroll wheel with your index finger every 30 seconds and otherwise not having your hands on the wheel, then I don't see much difference with a weight stuck the steering wheel.

Umm...see above?
 

BikerPeaBody

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Committing all known formal and informal logical fallacies with incoherent expression is not the same as being a "tard". The reflection is more about intellectual honesty and understanding based on hard work and effort.

Naw, you're just a tard

You're saying AP is designed to suck? So basically, AP will never be worth using? Any idea how I can get $3K that they built into my price for this sucky tech?

You want be able to win here. They are very anal with the definition of fail. For example, if you're on the highway and a car is stopped (not partially off to the side, not partially in your lane but squarely in your lane in between the hash marks) and the Tesla plows into the back of the car on AP, they will choose to call the Teslas computers a SUCCESS, rather than a failure. Because Tesla computer are made to crash. Its Silly, but this is what they argue

Now that's a completely silly question and twist of what I was saying. It was explained many many times around here, sometimes I feel like we're wasting time here explaining how these things work to people who refuse to understand or lack some sort of comprehension skills.
Sadly this leads to people overestimating what AP can do and it's easy for things to spiral intro deadly accidents.

People know how it works, you guys are wasting your time explaining the same thing numerous times about issues we already know.

I guess it's a question of definition, but I don't think it's that close.

Someone with a nag defeat can be on their phone or otherwise distracted, indefinitely, until the car crashes into something or otherwise disables AP for other reasons (whereupon the weight on the wheel may cause the car to veer off the road at speed without user correction - this is documented - you should see what happened to @bwilson4web - he thought AP was on, it wasn't, the weight on the wheel caused him to veer into a curb, causing wheel and tire destruction, and wheel bearing destruction (the video has been removed AFAIK); out of sheer luck, a very minor incident).

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The facts are people with or without the hack take their hands off the wheel. Tesla knows this,that's why they have the nag in the first place.
Someone not using a hack can be on the phone while using AP and crash as well, of course you didn't add that. It all goes back to what I've always said: You need to pay attention. If you're not paying attention you can crash without using AP and you can crash in any vehicle that is NOT made by Tesla if you're not paying attention. So I stand by what I said, using a hack is very close to the same people that do not use a hack,but instead just grab the wheel/volume control when the nag comes up. People are texting on their phone and only look back up to turn the volume/grab the wheel for a hot second, then they are right back to texting. People do this EVERYDAY and are NOT using a hack!!

I already stated that of course the car could keep going with the hack on (common sense),although people had to find an obscure situation that doesn't happen to people every day where you have a seizure,and the Tesla computer fails on you at the same time. But of course, if you have a seizure in any car you will most likely crash. That doesn't matter though because the whole goal here in this thread is to find fault with Tesla although having seizures is in no way related solely to tesla vehicles.

"Someone without a nag defeat, but with poor attention/hands not on wheel, can only be distracted by their phone or other activity for limited periods of time, before being reminded by the car to pay attention."

They can be distracted indefinitely really. It only takes 1 second to hit the volume button then turn around and do whatever you were doing in the back seat. Stop making excuses, you can easily distracted for long periods of time. It only stops breifly to attend to the nag, then its back to being distracted!! Like people talk on the phone for an hour,they don't hang up the phone just to stop the nag!!! Talking on the phone (in your hand) is distracting!!!

So You pretty much here agree that using a hack or not using a hack but not having hands on the wheel are pretty much the same thing (save for the seizure possibility,smh). What you wrote here alone can make somebody crash before the AP cuts off.

Turning the scroll wheels is a nag defeat if you consider the nag is to make sure your hands are on the wheel at all times. So if Tesla is ok with you turning the scroll wheel with your index finger every 30 seconds and otherwise not having your hands on the wheel, then I don't see much difference with a weight stuck the steering wheel.

There isn't much difference. No its not the EXACT SAME (have to add that disclaimer because people will attack any word I don't use 100% appropriately smh, so anal on here). Bottom line is, hack or no hack, if your hands are not on the steering wheel, your hands are at the same position where they would be if you are using the hack. And I assure you thousands of thousands of people are driving without a hack but don't have hands on the wheel. They just touch it when the nag appears. Its no safer than using a hack in my opinion, because as I have stressed: in either case your hands are not always on the steering wheel. But of course people will still debate that because they just HAVE to be right
 
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TLLMRRJ

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You don't see the difference between something that requires repeated, intentional, short-interval-between, physical interaction with the steering wheel.... and something that lets you read your phone or even sleep (as some have been caught doing) without putting hands near wheel at all for long lengths of time?

Yikes.

Absolutely not, and I think you are being short sighted. You don't need to look at the road to turn the scroll wheel. You can just wait until you see the warnings on the screen, which is not looking at the road.

If you want to sleep while driving a regular car, you can do it, and people have done it. It often ends with them or other people dead, but if you want to be stupid, you can do that already, and how are you proposing to stop that in current cars?

The videos of Tesla owners sleeping have been hoaxes to get views by the way, so don't be so gullible.

Yikes is right, but it's more like yikes, you are the one that doesn't get it.
 

AlanSubie4Life

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I already stated that of course the car could keep going with the hack on,as people had to find an obscure situation that doesn't happen to people every day where you have a seizure.

The videos of Tesla owners sleeping

You guys have never heard of accidents caused by drivers who fall asleep? Think about what would happen in these two scenarios, with and without nag defeat.

(Quickly looked it up...Drowsy driving seems to cause about 4% of our annual driving fatalities...)

It is a question of degrees. Not paying attention is indeed negligent, defeat or not. You should always be paying attention. That’s not the question.

The question is what additional risks you are introducing by defeating the safety feature.

And it is not enough evidence for you guys to see/read a video showing what happened to someone, where the presence of the nag defeat was a contributing factor to the collision? I mean, it is right there...
 

Knightshade

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Absolutely not


Then you're objectively wrong.


, and I think you are being short sighted. You don't need to look at the road to turn the scroll wheel.

Nor did I claim you did. Strawman much?

You can just wait until you see the warnings on the screen, which is not looking at the road.

Again- strawman.

It DOES require you BEING AWAKE though.

AND requires you at least looking at the screen.

(Which FWIW is fairly hard to do without at least seeing a BIT of the road, but I suppose possible)


If you want to sleep while driving a regular car, you can do it, and people have done it. It often ends with them or other people dead, but if you want to be stupid, you can do that already


Except in a Tesla if you do that WITHOUT a nag defeat device the car will safely stop and turn on the hazzard lights instead of eventually crashing like it could WITH a defeat device.

But you see "no difference" somehow?


and how are you proposing to stop that in current cars?

Not using hacks that let the car keep driving for miles and miles would be GREAT start! :)



The videos of Tesla owners sleeping have been hoaxes to get views by the way, so don't be so gullible.

Since this too is objectively wrong I suggest you take your own advice on being gullible.

Tesla driver gets license suspended after drunkenly falling asleep on Autopilot - Electrek

Police stop man sleeping on AP. Not a video hoax, an actual thing that happened. He was given a DUI (which is presumably why he dozed off)



California cops invented a new maneuver to pull over sleeping Tesla drivers on Autopilot

Same deal on a sleeping driver in California- stopped and arrested by the cops (also suspicion of DUI)





Yikes is right, but it's more like yikes, you are the one that doesn't get it.


Again- objectively incorrect on your part based on documented facts. TRY THEM SOMETIME!
 

BikerPeaBody

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Absolutely not, and I think you are being short sighted. You don't need to look at the road to turn the scroll wheel. You can just wait until you see the warnings on the screen, which is not looking at the road.


Yikes is right, but it's more like yikes, you are the one that doesn't get it.

Exactly, don't listen to Knightshade,he's all over the place with nonsense, he'll never get it. Proof is here:

"and something that lets you read your phone or even sleep (as some have been caught doing) without putting hands near wheel at all for long lengths of time?"

I could talk on the phone (in my hand) and text for hours on PA without a hack,and all I have to do is touch the volume control. He thinks touching the volume for half a second is the same as having full grip/control of the vehicle(for a split second), nonsense. After that half second, I'm right back to texting. As you mentioned, you don't have to look at the road, everybody knows where the steering wheel is. You can look down at your phone and turn the volume up with your hand without ever looking forward. And most people will just look at the screen to make sure the volume movement stopped the nag. IT IN NO WAY STOPS PEOPLE FROM BEING DISTRACTED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME as Knightshade claims. Its just very bad statement to make, but is normal in his response
 

Knightshade

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Exactly, don't listen to Knightshade,he's all over the place with nonsense, he'll never get it. Proof is here:

"and something that lets you read your phone or even sleep (as some have been caught doing) without putting hands near wheel at all for long lengths of time?"

I could talk on the phone (in my hand) and text for hours on PA without a hack,and all I have to do is touch the volume control.


Which would.... PUT YOUR HANDS NEAR THE WHEEL.

AND requires you to BE AWAKE TO DO IT. Repeatedly.

C'mon dude.... do you just not read half of a post when you reply to it?

Actually...that'd explain a lot about your posts....


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He thinks touching the volume for half a second is the same as having full grip/control of the vehicle(for a split second), nonsense

Yes- it's nonsense that you would lie and claim I ever said that
 

BikerPeaBody

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You guys have never heard of accidents caused by drivers who fall asleep? Think about what would happen in these two scenarios, with and without nag defeat.

(Quickly looked it up...Drowsy driving seems to cause about 4% of our annual driving fatalities...)

It is a question of degrees. Not paying attention is indeed negligent, defeat or not. You should always be paying attention. That’s not the question.

The question is what additional risks you are introducing by defeating the safety feature.

And it is not enough evidence for you guys to see/read a video showing what happened to someone, where the presence of the nag defeat was a contributing factor to the collision? I mean, it is right there...

eh, can you at least agree that going to sleep is not paying attention?
that goin to sleep can make you crash in any car?
that not paying attention can make you crash in any car?

If you're in a non tesla car, if you go to sleep, the car will start to swerve as soon as you drift off, a crash is imminent.
If you're in a tesla with the hack on, YOU HAVE A CHANCE. The car will only crash if you run into a rare situation where a car may be partially in your lane,but any car coming to a complete stop will make your car stop. You know, it it does everyday when people use it in stop and go traffic? Of course the Tesla computer can "SUCCEED" (although I call it a fail) in plowing into the back of another car. But you have 0 chance if you fall asleep in a car without PA

So I've never said you should fall asleep behind a Tesla or any car
I've always said you need to pay attention (barring having a seizure of course, smh)
 

AlanSubie4Life

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IT IN NO WAY STOPS PEOPLE FROM BEING DISTRACTED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME as Knightshade claims.

He is not claiming that.


What are we debating here?

We are NOT debating the adequacy of the current driver monitoring implementation. On that front, I would agree there is more that could be done, with the possible downside being a more restrictive or “touchy” system.
But we are not debating that, so can we not talk about that?

My understanding is we are debating the relative safety of operating the Tesla vehicle without a nag defeat, vs. one with such a defeat device. Can we talk about that?
 

BikerPeaBody

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Then you're objectively wrong.



It DOES require you BEING AWAKE though.

Its sad that your whole premise here is falling asleep. Something that nobody advocates, but clearly would have very bad results if you went to sleep in ANY car other than a Tesla. But keep on trying to make Tesla look bad because they can't design cars to save people when they fall asleep or have seizures...
 

Knightshade

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If you're in a non tesla car, if you go to sleep, the car will start to swerve as soon as you drift off, a crash is imminent.

So far so good!

If you're in a tesla with the hack on, YOU HAVE A CHANCE.

Well, so much for so good...


Yes you have a chance- To still crash and die because the car will keep going.

Including right through intersections, parked vehicles, pedestrians, etc...


Whereas WITHOUT the hack if you fall asleep the car will safely stop and turn on the hazard lights.



any car coming to a complete stop will make your car stop. You know, it it does everyday when people use it in stop and go traffic?

Yes- and then.... it starts going again when the car in front of you does.

Whereas without the hack it stops ON ITS OWN and STAYS stopped with the hazzards on.

The hack is worse than not having it. More dangerous in exactly the situation you're talking about.
 
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BikerPeaBody

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He is not claiming that.



My understanding is we are debating the relative safety of operating the Tesla vehicle without a nag defeat, vs. one with such a defeat device. Can we talk about that?

What?
he clearly said it here:

"and something that lets you read your phone or even sleep (as some have been caught doing) without putting hands near wheel at all for long lengths of time?"

You know what long time is right? I gave an example of 2 hours. That's not a long time of driving on AP?

But yes we are debating that. Other than having seizures and the car not stopping to zero on the autobahn, yes, a hack or no hack (just touching wheel to stop the nag) is about the same as it is in both situations when your hands are not on the wheel.

Prove me wrong. I've been waiting
 
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Knightshade

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Its sad that your whole premise here is falling asleep. Something that nobody advocates, but clearly would have very bad results if you went to sleep in ANY car other than a Tesla. But keep on trying to make Tesla look bad because they can't design cars to save people when they fall asleep or have seizures...


Again you make zero actual sense.

For one- I discussed several premises only ONE of which was sleeping- so you again appear to read only half a post and reply to the whole thing.

For another- using the hack is objectively more dangerous in the one case you're harping on

Because if you fall asleep or have a siezure WITHOUT the hack the car will safely pull over and turn on the hazzards

WITH the hack it'll keep going until some outside force (like a parked fire truck) stops it. Likely violently.

The hack is worse in the exact situation you're discussing, not better.
 
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BikerPeaBody

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Which would.... PUT YOUR HANDS NEAR THE WHEEL.

AND requires you to BE AWAKE TO DO IT. Repeatedly.

Let me help you, because you appear to be lost.
I can put my hands near the steering wheel, touch the volume, then back to the back seat fumbling around for something, and my head turned away from the road, in 1 second or less.

Then I can wait 30seconds,a mintue, 2min ,whatever the nag interval, spend 1 second touching the wheel, then I'm back looking for whatever in the back seat.
Do you get it now?

Nag only stops you for a split second, then you can easily go back to distraction. How do you not understand this??????????????????????????????
 

Knightshade

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What?
he clearly said it here:

"and something that lets you read your phone or even sleep (as some have been caught doing) without putting hands near wheel at all for long lengths of time?"


The word "distracted" doesn't appear in what you quote.

So no, I didn't "say" that at all.

Jesus dude this is sad.

You read half a post, then lie about what you imagine the rest must have said.

Over and over.
 

AlanSubie4Life

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But keep on trying to make Tesla look bad because they can't design cars to save people when they fall asleep or have seizures...

Why do you think we are trying to make Tesla look bad? This is a discussion about irresponsible owner efforts to defeat a safety device.

But yes we are debating that

I am not debating what Knightshade has said or not said.

yes, a hack or no hack (just touching wheel to stop the nag) is the same is in both situations your hands are not on the wheel.

Prove me wrong. I've been waiting

See above posts.
 
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BikerPeaBody

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Yes you have a chance- To still crash and die because the car will keep going.

Including right through intersections, parked vehicles, pedestrians, etc...


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You kept preaching about FSD, remember its not here yet? We have AP. Its not meant for city streets. I use it on the beltway , you know, the type of road it was meant for? I'm not going to see intersections, parked vehicles and people walking on the beltway in lane 2, cut it out
 

Knightshade

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I said

if you went to sleep in ANY car other than a Tesla,chances are you will crash




Yes- and if you use the nag defeat in the Tesla your chances to crash are higher than without it

Which part of that fact are you specifically having trouble understanding?

You kept preaching about FSD, remember its not here yet? We have AP. Its not meant for city streets.

It's also not meant for taking your hands off the wheel. But doing so is fundamental to your premise in recent posts.

So again even you appear to not be able to agree with you.

I use it on the beltway , you know, the type of road it was meant for? I'm not going to see intersections, parked vehicles and people walking on the beltway in lane 2, cut it out

there's never a disabled, utility, or safety vehicle parked on the side of the beltway?

Once again your post, and reality, do not agree.

In fact numerous examples I gave you before, when you claimed the system didn't hit parked things, were examples of the system on the freeway hitting parked things.

Memory problems too my man?
 

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