I am disappointed with the lane assist blind spot warning performance

[Cpiguy]

And while you’re at it, you might as well get a proper car that has a combustion engine and a hand crank to start.

Yes, proper driving is important, but technology moves on, and Tesla is missing an assist feature that has been the norm for a decade already (at least in German cars of a similar price) that should be relatively easy for them to implement.

Totally agree...

 

[Canucken275]

I love Tesla as much as the next person, but the apologists over the blind spot warning gets old.

The lectures on mirror position or turning your head gets old.

#truth

This is simply a safety aid / driver assist feature that will help prevent accidents in the event that the driver of the car isn't 100% perfect over their lifetime. Obviously if you have perfect mirrors and never make a mistake when you check your blind spot then you have no use for this particular aid. For the rest of us, there is fortunately a technical solution to this problem that Tesla is egregiously behind the times on.

Tesla thought they could solve it with ultrasonic sensors - they were wrong. Now I assume they think they can solve it with the cameras since they didn't include real blind spot detection in AP2 hardware - hopefully they will, but as of today they have not.

 

[Darmie]

How about you just turn your head and check your blind spot like every other driver on the planet rather than blindly merging and hoping a loud sound will stop you.

It's just a good habit for one day when you are in a much older car, say like a 2005 model vehicle.