Random Breaking on Highway

[lworley1]

Yesterday (July 21), I was cruising along at 65 mph on Highway 5, returning home from using a Supercharger in Santa Clarita. My car decided to aggressively apply the brakes while in Autopilot, an event that was somewhat disconcerting to me and the SUV driver that was following at what should have been a safe distance. It would be nice if Tesla came up with a solution to this problem, as it occurs all-to-frequently with my car and creates fairly dangerous conditions occasionally.

 

[Olavxxx]

It's common. Maybe solved when the patent for reading speed signs runs out

 

[Mattopotamus]

The braking seems to be worse in the latest softwares, specifically when going over brides or a car in front of you changes lanes.

 

[Truthman]

Yesterday (July 21), I was cruising along at 65 mph on Highway 5, returning home from using a Supercharger in Santa Clarita. My car decided to aggressively apply the brakes while in Autopilot, an event that was somewhat disconcerting to me and the SUV driver that was following at what should have been a safe distance. It would be nice if Tesla came up with a solution to this problem, as it occurs all-to-frequently with my car and creates fairly dangerous conditions occasionally.

 

[Truthman]

Remember...AP is still considered Beta. What setting did you have the braking on? If it’s set to “early” the car will brake when a car is waaaaay in front of you. Also, did this occur while going under an overpass? Sometimes you can get false positives from many different things...including shade, or sunlight low in the horizon. Remember, uncle Elon doesn’t believe in lidars so cameras and a radar is all you have.

 

[Gasaraki]

Mine seems to do the phantom braking sometimes when going over uphill slopes on the highway.

 

[LACALawyer]

so did you have a problem with people BREAK dancing on the highway?

Or did you have a BRAKING problem on the highway.