AP Best Practices

[idoco]

Recently there was a video posted demonstrating pedestrian collision avoidance in the most recent 8.0 SW updates. Who knew, Tesla Autopilot has a human collision avoidance system

There was a brief discussion on the forum about this. Basically with 8.0 and either TACC or AP the vehicle will initiate braking for a pedestrian. There may or may not be a visible pedestrian icon on the dash depending on the circumstances.

What I didn't see in the video or in the discussion is whether pedestrian braking occurs without either TACC or AP engaged. So assuming that pedestrian braking only occurs under TACC/AP should we always be driving with at least TACC engaged at the lowest setting (18mph) even on roads unsuitable/not recommended for AP? This would be useful not only for pedestrian avoidance but for deer avoidance.

 

[JeffK]

Recently there was a video posted demonstrating pedestrian collision avoidance in the most recent 8.0 SW updates. Who knew, Tesla Autopilot has a human collision avoidance system

There was a brief discussion on the forum about this. Basically with 8.0 and either TACC or AP the vehicle will initiate braking for a pedestrian. There may or may not be a visible pedestrian icon on the dash depending on the circumstances.

What I didn't see in the video or in the discussion is whether pedestrian braking occurs without either TACC or AP engaged. So assuming that pedestrian braking only occurs under TACC/AP should we always be driving with at least TACC engaged at the lowest setting (18mph) even on roads unsuitable/not recommended for AP? This would be useful not only for pedestrian avoidance but for deer avoidance.

First rule of Tesla videos on youtube is take a kman videos with a grain of salt. He like to wear that stupid hat and films himself doing things that Tesla warns against. People see this, copy this, and sometimes it makes bad press for Tesla because people think all owners are that irresponsible.

Second, in all likelihood that's part of AEB not TACC/AP.

Here's a previous note from Tesla on the matter:

Model S and Model X are equipped with Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB), which is designed to engage the brakes at the last possible moment to avoid or mitigate a collision. AEB does not engage when an alternative collision avoidance strategy (e.g., driver steering) remains viable. Instead, when a collision threat is detected, forward collision warning alerts the driver to encourage them to take appropriate evasive action. AEB is a fallback safety feature that operates by design only at high levels of severity and should not be tested with live subjects.

AP is meant for freeways/highways... normally there are no pedestrians on these. Never rely on that for pedestrian detection unless you have full self driving enabled in the future.

Some of the best Tesla videos on Youtube are from Bjørn Nyland... his videos are great!