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Version 9 on AP1
- Thread starter Sandrosia
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RGloverii
Active Member
Sorry if you disagree. My AP1 car has shown ajacent lanes on the freeway since I bought the car earlier this year.
I have a guess for the screenshots you provided:
The adjacent lines only seem to appear while traffic is flowing and with minimal congestion. In a traffic jam situation, they are not present. Probably because the density of cars blocks the camera from seeing the lines in the far left and right lanes.
So I suggest trying Autosteer on a freeway with clearly defined lines, where there is little traffic. The lines should show up.
Something is wrong with your car. Mine has shown adjacent lanes for years. It can render 6 cars (2 in each adjacent lane and 2 directly in front).
GlmnAlyAirCar
Active Member
It won't show adjacent lanes if you have auto lane change turned off.
But yes it has shown adjacent lanes since the v7.0 came out in October 2015.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
RogerHScott
Active Member
That's a mighty big "as long as". Accidentally pulling in front of a car going about the same speed as you is likely to result in at most an annoyed honk from the other driver. Pulling in front of some one coming up on you at +30 mph is likely to result in a rear-end collision.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
You still need to pay attention. The lane change will keep you from pulling into someone in the next lane but it's not full self driving so won't see some bozo traveling at a high rate of speed. The ultrasonic sensors only see out about 45 feet (AP1).
Which sounds like an excellent reason not to have fools going 30 mph above the speed limit.
(I know, the situation can develop where the differential is because you were stuck behind very slow traffic and are stepping out into traffic that's near the speed limit - but you and I both know that's not the usual case.
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RogerHScott
Active Member
... on a sunny day, between the hours of 11am and 2pm, in a month not containing the letter 'r', ...
RogerHScott
Active Member
Why do you assume they're travelling at a "high" [rate of] speed, or that they're a bozo? You might be the one travelling well below the speed limit, quite possibly because the traffic in your lane is slowed. This is a perfectly normal situation, not some aberration.
RogerHScott
Active Member
I know no such thing. A quite common reason to change lanes is to pass slower traffic ahead. And it is generally to be expected that traffic to your left (in the US, etc.) is moving faster.Which sounds like an excellent reason not to have fools going 30 mph above the speed limit.
(I know, the situation can develop where the differential is because you were stuck behind very slow traffic and are stepping out into traffic that's near the speed limit - but you and I both know that's not the usual case.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
But still dangerous to travel at a much higher speed than traffic in the next lane. AP or not, it's a setup for a crash.
mspohr
Well-Known Member
I don't understand. It looks the same as in the past. It shows cars in adjacent lanes in both photos. It shows the lanes a blue with AP on and grey with AP off... same as prior version.
No, on previous versions, when Autopilot was NOT activated, you never had the adjacent grey lines.
It think it should be there....
No, but if you keep cancelling it after about a month it will eventually give up and stop nagging you until the next update is pushed.
I also don't understand why they thought that was necessary. I already didn't like another recent map update that I got, where they suddenly removed some colors. Before we could see green and blue (for grass or water) on the map, then they made it all gray. Doesn't make sense to me. Especially in a "Green" car.
I understand that it might be more efficient to not have the green roads (traffic data) but it was also satisfying to look at haha. And made it also easier to see all the big roads imo.
RGloverii
Active Member
I completely agree on both points. I dislike the new 'all grey' color scheme and the lack of 'green' for traffic.
The all grey color is too 'drab', but I get around it during the day by using the satellite map. But at night, the 'grey' screen is really drab.
As for the traffic, I have no way to differentiate between a road that is free flowing (should be green) versus a road with no traffic data ( should be no color).
