I think the differences may be HW v4 vs v3 and cabin camera versions. There definitely seems to be at least 2 significantly different impressions of how it performs out there. We need a video of each to compare.
No. I wasn't eating at that time. I was driving with two hands on the wheel. I think it said that in the 2nd sentence of the original post. If I was eating at the time I would have understood why I got the strike.
There has to me more to this story. What were road conditions like, how long a period from the first warning to the strike, how many warnings were there before the strike, what did the warning say, were you twerking and rolling the scroll wheel, straight away or curves . . . your description is lacking, it will take several pages for us to guess and help you. Given all that, your strike is probably warranted.
Steer according to the road conditions? It's simpler than that. I maintain constant light counterclockwise torque with one hand. Whenever the wheel turns, I apply pressure with that hand to lightly oppose the movement. No problems, no issues. If the variability of experience here is in the drivers and their perceptions - and not in the cars - then this is a most fascinating psychological phenomenon.
I had the same experience as you until recently. From day one in my model 3 for years (since 2018) I had no trouble satisfying the nag. It was pretty effortless and easy. light torque, sometimes occasional, usually with my left hand. Not a problem. My experience has changed very recently. I think some people are wanting to blame the messenger here. For me the stress and difficulty of avoiding strikes has increased about ten-fold starting I think in January. I didn't drive any Tesla between about December 20 and January 13. The January 13 trip was stressful, in terms of avoiding strikes, in a way I have never experienced before.
I am not that tall (5'9") and tend to drive in a low position and with the seat forward so that I am close to the steering wheel and don't have to extend my arms to applied steering wheel torque. I think my problems are correlated with the advent of interior camera monitoring.
Exactly this. The biggest issue with the Tesla community specifically is they are QUICK to blame the driver and are unwilling to accept that there are problems with features they paid for. It's never the car's fault. There's ALWAYS something you could have done to fix the problem
Some will never be able to get beyond complaining, can not see the forest for the trees or solve any kind of problem. That's what the rest are for ... to be a sounding board to find solutions. TMC is a good sounding board. Also a good echo chamber for any thoughts positive or negative.Exactly this. The biggest issue with the Tesla community specifically is they are QUICK to blame the driver and are unwilling to accept that there are problems with features they paid for. It's never the car's fault. There's ALWAYS something you could have done to fix the problem
It's considered unlikely to be the car's fault because the car is manufactured on an assembly line, while the driver was born and raised in environment-unknown. So when somebody makes a claim about a car behaving in a certain way, and that flies in the face of our own experience, we expect some kind of solid evidence that the driver is doing it right and the car is doing it wrong. People are then asking questions because they're open to the possibility that the car is flawed, but the evidence isn't sufficient to convince them.
No that is incorrect. I saw the alerts, I did torque the wheel and the alerts escalated at normal pace to a strike in spite of the fact that I was torquing the wheel and looking at the road. That is the puzzling aspect.
Moreover, in about 50,000 miles over 4+ years driving using FSD, AP, auto steer extensively, this has never happened to me before. I have never gotten a strike before that I did not think was my fault.
I had the exact opposite experience. The first 3.5 years, 50K miles I was constantly getting strikes, with a close to 100% false positive rate. Yes, I always kept my hands on the steering wheel. Then starting last spring I would only get nags if I looked at the screen for too long, i.e. false positive rate went to essentially zero. And I haven't gotten a strike in the last 20K of driving.
