Tesla will use camera to monitor driver behavior

[Rice&Curry]

Tesla will use internal camera on M3 and My to monitor driver attentiveness.

Tesla starts using in-car camera for Autopilot driver monitoring

A feature safety experts and regulators have begged for

www.theverge.com

 

[Gadget63]

it appears to only be activated if you have auto pilot (an option I didn't purchase). It might be time to add a little black tape over the lens

 

[Schulz1983]

Doesn’t bother me. Most other systems have a camera mounted on the steering wheel (super cruise for GM). I prefer that over the annoying slightly turn the steering wheel every 2 minutes approach.

 

[Velcade]

it appears to only be activated if you have auto pilot (an option I didn't purchase)

All Ys have AP.

 

[DanDi58]

Interesting that this is in release 2021.4.15.11 - I have release 2021.4.18 on my car as of a couple weeks ago, so I wonder if my camera is enabled.

 

[BrianBigNFun]

well I hope they enjoy my unusual masturbatory habits

 

[Gadget63]

All Ys have AP.

my bad, I thought auto pilot was self driving. time for that electrical tape over the lens

 

[GlmnAlyAirCar]

well I hope they enjoy my unusual masturbatory habits

I guess I have to stop picking my nose now.

 

[BreatheEasier]

Depending on regulatory requirements - which are hard not to believe are coming - putting black tape over the lens may mean that AP or FSD is disabled.

 

[GoGators!]

my bad, I thought auto pilot was self driving. time for that electrical tape over the lens

I would think that would make it not work at all then...if the camera can’t see you, you may not be able to activate autopilot.

 

[Gadget63]

I would think that would make it not work at all then...if the camera can’t see you, you may not be able to activate autopilot.

one way to find out. it's already taped and waiting for me to try it out later

 

[Celeritas]

they had to have something like this in the works, too much grief coming at them, especially when you have idiots like that guy in California who was in the backseat of his car

 

[GoGators!]

one way to find out. it's already taped and waiting for me to try it out later

Let us know!

 

[Velcade]

Makes sense. I noticed a few updates ago that if I was looking away and lane detection would go off it would 'disable certain features until my next drive'. Then the lane detection wouldn't work until the car was was parked.

However the lane detection would work if I activated AP.

 

[DanDi58]

my bad, I thought auto pilot was self driving. time for that electrical tape over the lens

It's a little confusing terminology. Most people call 'autopilot' the version that comes free (TACC, Autosteer, driver assistance programs) and FSD the one that is $10k. (And just to make it more confusing, basic AP is essentially self-driving on the highway, with the functions it has....) But I've also seen FSD referred to as 'full AP' or even just AP. I wish they would dump the FSD moniker and just call it 'basic autopilot' (free version) and 'full' or 'advanced autopilot' (pay version).

 

[roblab]

well I hope they enjoy my unusual masturbatory habits

Of course they'll post you on youtube. Unfortunately no one cares about your habits.

 

[USMC88fan]

it appears to only be activated if you have auto pilot (an option I didn't purchase). It might be time to add a little black tape over the lens

They all come with autopilot. FSD is what you purchase.

 

[Gadget63]

Well I am running software version 2021.14.18 and my TACC and auto steer is still working with the camera taped over. I just verified that with a short test drive.

 

[RNHurt]

I just drove 500 miles yesterday on 2021.14.18 and didn't notice a anything different. A lot of the trip was on AP and I was looking out the windshield (and using the steering wheel as a drum) but the nag was still there and fairly prevalent. Maybe Tesla software versions are not sequential.

 

[jjrandorin]

one way to find out. it's already taped and waiting for me to try it out later

Unless you have the software version that appears to be activated under, your testing is likely not going to prove anything. Let us know how the testing goes after you get the software version where the camera is activated.