On the drive home after work, I had AP engaged in my Model 3 (EAP on HW2.5). After confirming a lane change to the right to get around a slower semi, I passed it, while the other traffic passing on the semi's left maintained about the same relative position to me.
The tan Honda which passed me in the first 10 seconds of the clip is mostly out of view, off my front left corner, and begins changing lanes to the right, from two lanes over, to one lane over, but then apparently doesn't see me, and begins entering my lane. When the Honda first began changing lanes, I was poised to take over, but curious to see how conservative the autopilot would act, and if it would give any breathing room to the car veering towards me.
Much to my surprise, it did absolutely nothing, even as the car entered my lane, at which point, I immediately swerved to avoid what would have otherwise been a side to side collision at highway speeds, and laid on the horn for a few solid seconds after making sure I had control of the vehicle. The Honda slowly retreated back to it's lane, and then after a few seconds, completed it's original intended lane change in front of me with plenty of space this time.
I took away a couple things from this:
- 1.) Autopilot is far from perfect. If this is any indication of Tesla's Full Self Driving, they have a lot of work to do. You really, really do have to be prepared to take over in an instant at any time.
- 2.) The front facing side cameras should be viewable in dashcam downloads. The Honda spends way too much time out of view of the 3 cameras I can access, even though it was plainly visible to me. As far as sentry mode goes, if an entire car can hide in the 3-cam blind spot, a person easily can too. If the other cameras are accessible or viewable, it's not apparent where that footage can be obtained.