Camera read IL Rt 83 sign as 85 MPH sign!

[scottf200]

Was driving on IL Route 83 today and noticed my X was displaying an 85 mph sign on the drivers info display. Yikes.

Illinois Route 83 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is what the sign look like along that route.
Image: http://i.imgur.com/MGKNLGz.png

My driver info display today:
Image: http://i.imgur.com/VuQTpQy.png

 

[newtman]

I think a better question is why does Illinois make their route signs look identical to a speed limit sign?

 

[kort677]

chalk it up to poop happens, now that you know that the car mistakes the signage you can take steps to mitigate any unwanted acceleration

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

As a human I'd read that at a glance as a speed limit sign. I blame the signage. No wonder we can't fix any real issues. We can't even make signs look the same...

 

[FlasherZ]

I think a better question is why does Illinois make their route signs look identical to a speed limit sign?

Indiana's are the same, too.

That said, the Model X will occasionally read this sign:

...as a 50 mph sign. There's some tuning that MobilEye & Tesla need to do, I think.

-c

 

[JeffK]

Should figure out a place to submit such incidents as they can maybe enhance the training data.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

I'd just like it if the camera cars could submit data to the tesla cloud so those of us driving the antique editions could benefit from the added knowledge...

 

[GoTslaGo]

The other night it read a 45 mph sign as a 5 mph speed limit.

The "4" was a different material placed over the original number. I noticed at night it did not reflect the same as the 5. Suspect that was the reason why AP read it as 5 mph (not 45).

I'll try to get a pic next time that happens.

 

[oldgoat1968]

The other night it read a 45 mph sign as a 5 mph speed limit.

The "4" was a different material placed over the original number. I noticed at night it did not reflect the same as the 5. Suspect that was the reason why AP read it as 5 mph (not 45).

I'll try to get a pic next time that happens.

 

[oldgoat1968]

The very same thing happens with me in Noprth Florida while driving on Hwy 20. It's a repeatable experiment. Car immediately slows down from 55 to 20. Less frequently, the speed limit (35 mph) sign on another road is read as 5 MPH. I didn't think the cruise control could work below about 18 MPH, but twice, it has slowed toward 5 MPH before I was able to override the AutoPilot.

 

[Ciaopec]

The very same thing happens with me in Noprth Florida while driving on Hwy 20. It's a repeatable experiment. Car immediately slows down from 55 to 20. Less frequently, the speed limit (35 mph) sign on another road is read as 5 MPH. I didn't think the cruise control could work below about 18 MPH, but twice, it has slowed toward 5 MPH before I was able to override the AutoPilot.

Same in Ohio on OH 25 and OH 65. I drive manually on Rte 281 and 582