so since ownership two instances that have made me weary of AP.
for perspective, whenever i use AP i am more alert/aware than when i’m driving myself.
1. driving on the the freeway in the lane next to the carpool lane. early in the morning (5AM) so scant traffic. going 80 with AP engaged. there is a semi truck two lanes over to the right ahead of me, no one in the lane directly over to the right of me. semi signals to get into the lane next to me — it is going slower so i’m slowly catching up to it. when it starts to get into the lane i am coming up to pass it. since i am traveling faster i approach the semi so the right front corner of my car is almost in line with the left rear corner of his trailer. all of a sudden AP thought it was going to hit me (which it clearly wasn’t) and swerved over to the left (thankfully no one in the carpool lane). going 80 during that was unnerving.
i can’t remember if this maneuver put me in the carpool lane or not.
2. today on the freeway going 70 with AP with a normal amount of surrounding traffic and everyone going a predictable speed. all of a sudden the car breaks for no reason, slows down about 10mph suddenly and i took over right away. thankfully the car behind me was not following close.
i am now afraid to just use AP all the time and will only use it in certain circumstances. just glad my senses have always been heightened when it is engaged.
for perspective, whenever i use AP i am more alert/aware than when i’m driving myself.
1. driving on the the freeway in the lane next to the carpool lane. early in the morning (5AM) so scant traffic. going 80 with AP engaged. there is a semi truck two lanes over to the right ahead of me, no one in the lane directly over to the right of me. semi signals to get into the lane next to me — it is going slower so i’m slowly catching up to it. when it starts to get into the lane i am coming up to pass it. since i am traveling faster i approach the semi so the right front corner of my car is almost in line with the left rear corner of his trailer. all of a sudden AP thought it was going to hit me (which it clearly wasn’t) and swerved over to the left (thankfully no one in the carpool lane). going 80 during that was unnerving.
i can’t remember if this maneuver put me in the carpool lane or not.
2. today on the freeway going 70 with AP with a normal amount of surrounding traffic and everyone going a predictable speed. all of a sudden the car breaks for no reason, slows down about 10mph suddenly and i took over right away. thankfully the car behind me was not following close.
i am now afraid to just use AP all the time and will only use it in certain circumstances. just glad my senses have always been heightened when it is engaged.