First off... I'm not doing much 80 mph driving these days. I suppose the East Coast isn't quite like that. The places where I've seen 80 mph have been Out West, where one can occasionally run into a 75 mph speed limit. And every time I've seen one of those, it's on a limited access highway. With big, sweeping, turns. So, just what were you doing?
I run around with FSD all the time. There's always a few seconds before it'll detect eyeballs not out the front windshield or looking at the car's screen. And, when I say a "few", it's more like, I dunno, at least 5 seconds.
As far as the torque follies go: Don't try and steer in the same direction as the car, that way lies madness. There seem to be two schools of thought:
- When you breath out, gently lean the wheel in one direction. When you breath in, gently lean the wheel in the other direction. Make it a habit, so one doesn't think about it. If the car's going around corners (as in, a left or right turn), keep one's hands on the wheels, but let 'em slip. This Works.
- More common, drive one-handed. Doesn't matter which hand, although it's probably a good idea to switch back and forth. The trick is: Hang on, don't steer. The car's jiggling over the road causes that single hand to keep on applying bits of varying torque, and that keeps the car happy. (I don't like this approach all that much, since every expert or teacher on driving I've ever been exposed to has emphasized, with good reason, the 10 o'clock/2 o'clock approach. But this approach does work.)
