loquitur
Member
Some people seem to conflate "autosteer on city streets" with what the current FSD beta allows.
When that feature is released it does not have to include making turns at intersections at all!
What the current FSD testers seem to be doing is really "NOA on city streets" where a non-highway
destination is set. That is where the 90-degree turns happen, and tests much more advanced
features than what autosteer on city streets may provide in a wider release.
With a public release, Tesla can take baby steps. Autosteer on streets may just allow attempts
to drive without lane markings for low-radius curves, allow non-confirmation at green lights,
do nudging around cars with open doors, making an attempt at driving around double-parked cars or trucks, etc.
I do use (public) autosteer on the streets in San Francisco, but only on boulevards with clearly
marked lanes. One becomes quickly aware that it just doesn't work for intersections at crested hills,
streets with hairpin turns even when marked with yellow lines, and comes to a screeching halt in places
like Golden Gate park with many pedestrians and bicycles. It will yield a red hands/takeover now for
someone with an open car door, and would never even think of going around around other stopped cars
in a lane like human drivers would. It won't go around tight curves with parked cars
I think Tesla will only release features gradually, and tempered by ample safety warnings. That
will be fine by me.
When that feature is released it does not have to include making turns at intersections at all!
What the current FSD testers seem to be doing is really "NOA on city streets" where a non-highway
destination is set. That is where the 90-degree turns happen, and tests much more advanced
features than what autosteer on city streets may provide in a wider release.
With a public release, Tesla can take baby steps. Autosteer on streets may just allow attempts
to drive without lane markings for low-radius curves, allow non-confirmation at green lights,
do nudging around cars with open doors, making an attempt at driving around double-parked cars or trucks, etc.
I do use (public) autosteer on the streets in San Francisco, but only on boulevards with clearly
marked lanes. One becomes quickly aware that it just doesn't work for intersections at crested hills,
streets with hairpin turns even when marked with yellow lines, and comes to a screeching halt in places
like Golden Gate park with many pedestrians and bicycles. It will yield a red hands/takeover now for
someone with an open car door, and would never even think of going around around other stopped cars
in a lane like human drivers would. It won't go around tight curves with parked cars
I think Tesla will only release features gradually, and tempered by ample safety warnings. That
will be fine by me.
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