What’s the point if I have to tug the wheel every 10 seconds?

[RTPEV]

When I have gotten a nag, I disengage it and then re-engage rather than trying to prove to it that I’ve got my hands on the wheel.

Why even bother with that? It sounds like you pretty much have the hang of it, so just ignore the nag and keep doing what you are doing. The nag will clear and you'll be all set.

 

[69KWH]

Just buy the TSL6 anti nag chip and save yourselves the hassle…

 

[navguy12]

Around town, I really don't see the point of letting the car halfway drive itself while you have to be paying very close attention and anticipating what it may or may not do next. You might as well drive it yourself. To me anyway, it's pointless until it gets to a point where I can let it drive completely unattended and do something else with my time that is otherwise being occupied driving or monitoring it driving. And I think we are a long way from that point.

I felt the same way until last week, when I drove down to Raleigh Durham, NC.

Southbound I spent a night in Harrisburg PA and northbound a night in the outskirts of Scranton PA.

All three locations were new territory for me; I didn’t know where I was going and I let the car do the driving for me.

Having the car do the navigation as well as the minutia of driving, while in unfamiliar areas, was a great stress remover as I could concentrate on the safety of every traffic situation I encountered.

I agree, while driving around very familiar territory and ones brain is not being overwhelmed with processing new data, including when to know to avoid known potholes, makes the current FSD version still feel very mechanical.

 

[KLam]

Hand on the Steering wheel requests are quite easy to satisfy! The system is just trying to sense the slight torque increase when your hand/hands is/are on the steering wheel. The fact that you put your hands on the steering wheel lightly and can "feel" the steering wheel steering motion already imparted (action /reaction force) enough torque to satisfy the request.

I have found one very useful stress reduction application of FSD for me at least and that is driving on curvy mountain two lane roads at night. It will keep the car on the middle of the lane and not bothered by the on coming traffic head lights.

 

[enemji]

What’s the point if I have to tug the wheel every 10 seconds?​

What else you gonna be tuggin' while you are driving?

 

[Kablooie]

Well, the next version released will not have the nag. This weekend they will start the measured rollout for it.

 

[Yelobird]

Well, the next version released will not have the nag. This weekend they will start the measured rollout for it.

Lot of assumptions there.

 

[JohnB007]

FSD is not going full autonomy anytime soon. I much prefer to keep my hand(s) on the wheel to act as a third eye. I feel far more comfortable reducing my attention driving when one of my hand is on the wheel as my hand detects sudden (or unwanted) movement faster.

As a bonus, this more a less gets rid of all the nags.

Once you get used to this, it really is much more relaxing to use FSD than what some claim.

 

[azred]

Lot of assumptions there.

No kidding. Many older Teslas with FSD have no interior camera.

Any time Musk tweets, one is wise to wait and see. And it may take years of waiting.

 

[Kablooie]

Lot of assumptions there.

If Musk says 2 weeks he means several months. If he says next week, it’s usually been next week.

 

[TomServo]

That’s odd, “every 10 seconds” we just completed a 2K mile road trip and the average time between nags was OVER 2 MINUTES and I timed many that were OVER FOUR MINUTES between nags.

 

[Yelobird]

That’s odd, “every 10 seconds” we just completed a 2K mile road trip and the average time between nags was OVER 2 MINUTES and I timed many that were OVER FOUR MINUTES between nags.

But “ten seconds” makes the story more powerful.

 

[69KWH]

Before I got my TSL6 anti nag chip, the nags occurred every 12 seconds on the 35 mph back roads around here, 1-2 minutes on the freeway.