Tesla does not agree with you. They even say so. (“May do the wrong thing at the worst time.” This is dangerous, when operating a motor vehicle, when the system is not used with extreme care - the driver needs to be 100% driving the vehicle at all times, when FSD is engaged, and that can be a difficult ask for drivers.)
I am not singling you out specifically, but this argument that unexpected braking could cause an accident is bunk. What if it was a deer that was on the road instead of a (misidentified) red light? You would brake, of course. If you were hit from behind, it would be the other driver's fault, not yours. It is the same situation here. The driver following always has to be prepared for you to brake.
In either case it is the other driver's fault.
The sad part is that AP wouldn't slow down for the deer. Lol
It is the case in the US. I also highly doubt that in Canada, a person slamming on their brakes to avoid a deer (or anything for that matter) would be at fault if someone was following too closely and hit them from behind. There was zero negligence on the person who got hit.
Nice job avoiding the problem.
ap is not “slamming on the brakes“ i .e. AEB despite the drama that is presented on this forum. It is braking expectedly. Not an emergency maneuver. There is no way in hell that should cause an accident.
"May do the wrong thing at the worst time" when drivers are responsible for being ready to take over is not dangerous.
I think that's subject to some debate. It's not the same thing for the car to be providing inputs and the human responding to it during monitoring, as it is for a human doing the driving with no computer input. It's just different, even though in both cases the human is 100% driving.
Totally agree and I use FSD (a.k.a. EAP
)on both of our cars almost everywhere. That means it has been used four years+ on one car and three+ on the other, a pretty significant sample size -- with no close calls. But that is partially because I never let it drive my car.Oh it's absolutely a danger. I've experienced 3 incidents of extreme road rage from my goddamn Tesla behaving like a complete dipshit on the interstate, deciding to slam on brakes for the dumbest reasons. If someone slammed breaks while I was driving behind them on the interstate for what appears to be literally no reason would absolutely piss me off as well. Road rage is a natural result of poor driving AI and is an actual danger to motorists
We all know that when using AP/NOA/FSD etc we have to be be ready to take back full control at any time, you should be especially ready with your history of so many 'extreme road rage' reactions. If you are using the driver aids as instructed, then if your car does 'slam on the brakes' you should be ready & able to override that as quickly as it happened, then you can use your ample torque to put distance back between you & whatever is behind you.
I'm not sure I agree. If you're paying attention then you'll know if the car should be taking any action and you'll either allow it to do so or you'll take over.
