(Cross posted from FB group)
Had some Autopilot glitches yesterday in heavy rain, on a dual carriageway. In one incident, the car braked suddenly as there was a pedestrian walking along the side of the road (don't see that often!) and there were three instances of the autosteer trying to take an exit where I had to assert control to avoid an accident. Autosteer is the most basic function of the Autopilot system and I think it's pretty useless / dangerous on our UK roads.
Now, to fix this I wonder if the FSD computer could refer to the satnav and prevent the car erroneously diving into an exit (especially where a route is programmed that means you want to go straight on). Or better still, prioritise the right hand road markings for autosteer, rather than the left, as they are much less likely to have been eroded by tyres, covered by rainwater or missing altogether on an exit.
I tweeted to EM this suggestion - please retweet it so it gets noticed:
Had some Autopilot glitches yesterday in heavy rain, on a dual carriageway. In one incident, the car braked suddenly as there was a pedestrian walking along the side of the road (don't see that often!) and there were three instances of the autosteer trying to take an exit where I had to assert control to avoid an accident. Autosteer is the most basic function of the Autopilot system and I think it's pretty useless / dangerous on our UK roads.
Now, to fix this I wonder if the FSD computer could refer to the satnav and prevent the car erroneously diving into an exit (especially where a route is programmed that means you want to go straight on). Or better still, prioritise the right hand road markings for autosteer, rather than the left, as they are much less likely to have been eroded by tyres, covered by rainwater or missing altogether on an exit.
I tweeted to EM this suggestion - please retweet it so it gets noticed: