If one reads the Report about autosteer by NHTSA you will understand that they are (soto voice) complimenting Tesla about the "penalty box" lasting until placing the car in park. This will likely drive behavior to a safer alert situation. Tesla wants to be on NHTSA's good side.
Unless I am missing something, the above is misleading and inaccurate as it relates to this discussion. We are discussing getting put in the "penalty box" for exceeding 90 MPH with Autosteer engaged. The only reference I could find in the report to the penalty box, called "Autopilot Strikeout" in the report, is below:
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4.3 Driver monitoring.
Tesla monitors driver engagement through the interactions with the steering wheel, turn signal, and TACC speed setting stalk. If the system does not detect the driver’s hands on the steering wheel (assessed using micro torque measurements) or other signs of driver engagement for periods of time that vary depending on road class, vehicle speed, road curvature, and traffic conditions, an escalating series of warnings is presented. The warnings start with a visual alert indicating that hands on he steering wheel are required. If the driver does not respond to the visual warning, an audible chime is sounded after 15 seconds. A more pronounced chime is initiated if the driver does not respond after another 10 seconds. If the driver fails to respond to the third alert stage within five seconds, the system gradually slows the vehicle while maintaining position in the lane. Once the driver’s hands are detected on the steering wheel, the warnings are suspended and Autopilot operation resumes.
As part of Tesla’s 8.0 over-the-air (OTA) software update in September 2016, Tesla revised the timing of the hands-on warnings and added a feature that takes away the Autopilot driving feature for the remainder of the drive cycle if the driver fails to respond to the alerts adequately (known as an “Autopilot strikeout” – Figure 6).
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The entire section above refers only to autosteer and driver monitoring, which involves making sure the driver is attentive. There is nothing above that states or even implies anything about exceeding a certain speed on autosteer and winding up with "Autopilot Strikeout", or, as we've been referring to it, the penalty box.
If there is another section of the report that talks about this, and that would provide any support for your assertion above,
@William13, please provide the relevant portion of the report, as I have.
Thanks!