First: I wasn't looking. I turned on EAP to check an email. Yes, it was a stupid thing to do, and a lesson has been learned, but I wanted to share this anyway because EAP and all the safety stuff Tesla touts seems to have some faults.
EAP turns on within the first 1-2 seconds of the video, and I didn't look up until right before I was about to hit the car. I jerked the wheel hard to avoid hitting it, and ended up side swiping the cars rear left bumper. Damage could have been a LOT worse, but several things didn't happen.
Assuming EAP was actually on, it failed to stay in the lane. I noticed my car veered into the next lane at the same time the car in front of me was also changing lanes. Coincidence?
Assuming EAP was NOT on, and I had just turned on adaptive cruise control, the car still should have corrected the line and put itself back in the correct lane, or at least slowed down when it detected it was too close, or at the very least chirped at me. None of those things happened. I asked Tesla to pull logs to verify if EAP was on, but no response yet.
link to video: Imgur
EAP turns on within the first 1-2 seconds of the video, and I didn't look up until right before I was about to hit the car. I jerked the wheel hard to avoid hitting it, and ended up side swiping the cars rear left bumper. Damage could have been a LOT worse, but several things didn't happen.
Assuming EAP was actually on, it failed to stay in the lane. I noticed my car veered into the next lane at the same time the car in front of me was also changing lanes. Coincidence?
Assuming EAP was NOT on, and I had just turned on adaptive cruise control, the car still should have corrected the line and put itself back in the correct lane, or at least slowed down when it detected it was too close, or at the very least chirped at me. None of those things happened. I asked Tesla to pull logs to verify if EAP was on, but no response yet.
link to video: Imgur