I find my disengagement drives to be more eap/hwy related now than fsd on city streets. Its very impressive.
I'm getting 10 plus disengagements on my 2 mile commute to "work." Stops too early and waits too long at stop signs. Jerky turn after stop. Jerky turns without a stop. Slows way down for shadows. Too close to the centerline on unmarked roads when passing opposite direction traffic. Stops for a road name change. Defaults to a too slow speed limit after a turn onto another road. Misses speed limit signs. Takes 100 yards past the sign to slow to a lower speed limit. Takes sharp right hand turns too wide. Some of these are scary.
I expected Beta to be much better than I'm seeing. I'm driving on quiet, poorly marked country roads.
It did great on a well marked two lane highway but I don't trust it at 70 mph after seeing so many mistakes at much lower speeds.
Am I the only one with a bad experience or are people just not saying anything? I had much higher expectations after seeing things like Chuck's turn making such progress. Are they focusing on city streets first and ignoring us poor country boys? Will there be retaliation for being publicly critical of Beta? ... I don't want to beat up Tesla but I want investors to know where the program is really at.
I am seeing some of this myself. Some might be related to driving style or level of aggressiveness, but it's not ready for full release IMHO.
The extra-wide turns are new (to me), and I believe I saw Kim (?) on YouTube abort a right turn as it looked as though the wide swing was taking her in the wrong direction initially. (My Dad always taught me not to swing wide because of traffic in the other lanes, so I'm biased here with style as most people swing too wide. Instead, on a right turn I prefer to hug the left lane and turn directly, no swing, no surprises, but a bit more skill is needed to clear curbs.)
Add in creeping forward after a stop on a red left turn arrow (I also saw this on Youtube and it self corrected there, but I did not wait due to the complexity of the intersection with double left turn lanes under a freeway.
But the one that scared me last night was during a Chuck style left turn - It was exiting a parking lot, no stop (not required), but also no deceleration (scary - did it look?). The left was clear but I was also on an intercept with 2 other cars on the other side (island divided) so I aborted that one right away. All I can assume is that the vehicle was OK going to the center since it had full curb islands to divide us, as if to ignore traffic on the other side. This could be driving style again, but had it waited 5 more seconds, the coast was clear both direction.
These examples would likely have had a successful outcome, but the balance of risk vs convenience or speed needs some tuning and might need to be a user option (broken down further). However, I'd imaging that a timid setting might get stuck in heavier traffic. And how would this work as a robotaxi if it didn't know the passenger's driving style (although same is true with any taxi)? Which is why I think they haven't provided this level of detail on driving preference. It has to work for anyone who just hops in. Maybe the robotaxi occupant could verbally request commands, or respond to "Slow Down" or "Stop."