Shouldn't Tesla have two more cameras that point directly left and right, ideally from somewhere close to the front bumper?
With the current set of cameras, there doesn't seem to be a view perpendicular to the direction of travel, pointing left and right of the vehicle.
A FSD car approaching a stop sign where the traffic coming from left and right doesn't stop and has a high speed limit, say 45mph or higher has to be well aware of traffic coming from left (if turning right) or both sides (if turning left). There aren't cameras for this, as far as I know. So how will the car know it has enough time/space to safely make it's turn and accelerate to the speed of the traffic?
This image, if it's accurate, backs up my worry: https://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/...b7eb2ea3266a5d1dd7828da3/autopilotsensors.png . The wide front cameras have a range of 60m and a field of view that looks to be about 120 degrees wide, so there's no view directly left or right. Rearward-looking side cameras (B-pillar) clearly can't see left/right cross traffic.
Near my home, there are several T-junctions where the cross traffic is very fast and doesn't stop. It's dead simple for us humans to look left and right to gauge the cross traffic. I'm just struggling to see how an autonomous or mostly-autonomous car can do this without 90 degree cameras pointing left and right, ideally from as far forward (and as high) on the car as possible to get the best view. Obviously it's such a common situation that Tesla has found a way to address it, but it doesn't seem the forward camera or B-pillar mounted cameras provide the coverage, nor do the side sonar sensors.
Thanks for any insight.
With the current set of cameras, there doesn't seem to be a view perpendicular to the direction of travel, pointing left and right of the vehicle.
A FSD car approaching a stop sign where the traffic coming from left and right doesn't stop and has a high speed limit, say 45mph or higher has to be well aware of traffic coming from left (if turning right) or both sides (if turning left). There aren't cameras for this, as far as I know. So how will the car know it has enough time/space to safely make it's turn and accelerate to the speed of the traffic?
This image, if it's accurate, backs up my worry: https://tr1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/...b7eb2ea3266a5d1dd7828da3/autopilotsensors.png . The wide front cameras have a range of 60m and a field of view that looks to be about 120 degrees wide, so there's no view directly left or right. Rearward-looking side cameras (B-pillar) clearly can't see left/right cross traffic.
Near my home, there are several T-junctions where the cross traffic is very fast and doesn't stop. It's dead simple for us humans to look left and right to gauge the cross traffic. I'm just struggling to see how an autonomous or mostly-autonomous car can do this without 90 degree cameras pointing left and right, ideally from as far forward (and as high) on the car as possible to get the best view. Obviously it's such a common situation that Tesla has found a way to address it, but it doesn't seem the forward camera or B-pillar mounted cameras provide the coverage, nor do the side sonar sensors.
Thanks for any insight.