Dan D.
Desperately Seeking Sapience
Maybe they left out a part so it's not a complete "how to" guide. Because people might copy them and try it themselves.Couple problems with this test vs the crash. One, there's a cut in the video at 37s between when the car is setup with AP set to 0 and when they are moving at 17mph. What they didn't show here is that you also have to scroll the set speed up and then hit the accelerator to make the car move from 0 (as per other video demonstrating this). Hitting the accelerator doesn't make this impossible, it's just another hurtle that would need to be circumvented. Second problem is they didn't slow how fast the car will accelerate in 400 ft (distance from cul de sac to crash) from a standstill. From what other people have said on this forum, after 400ft, the car will likely not be going tremendously fast.
Good thing they didn't get a NoA version and show viewers how to program a route and enable the car to navigate itself without anyone in the car. A few more defeat devices might be needed for that one.
They didn't try to connect their test to the 400ft crash and it was a different model so the time to 400ft wasn't necessary.