OT: Tesla always pushing the envelope

I'm definitely an asshole who has been using this feature. The whole last update they did was amazing, we got spotify, netflix, hulu, youtube, and the game cuphead. The summon feature is amazing I can park in the back of the parking lot away from other cars but then as I'm walking to my car hit the "come to me" button and the car will meet me 1/2 way as I am walking toward it.

You do really need to have line of sight. I have personally had one incidences with it. I was out with my wife and we summoned the car. It started pulling out from one driving lane in the parking lot to the main lane that was right in front of the store. It started pulling out in front of someone and then stopped. But the cars nose was sticking out a little too far. The car just sat there waiting for the other car to pass. This guy honked then got angry and drove by and looked in the window of the Tesla, I think he was looking for the driver so he could make an angry glare. But of course there was no one in the car. So the guy just sat there... for a while... My wife and I were like... oh fuck now we really don't want to walk up to the car... so we had to wait for him to drive off. It was hilariously awkward.

As far as safety goes I don't really see any issue. Tesla does not play nicely with traditional journalists so the stories are usually negative and massively overblown. The system is super safe when it comes to not hitting people or other cars. It has trouble with thin poles like what you would see a handicap sign on. My car got unnervingly close to one once.

Sounds like a cool feature but from Paul's post, doesn't look like it was tested in every possible situation 100%. Which means it'll only be a matter of time until this feature is the potential cause of a fatal accident. Who do you blame when that happens?

I think autonomous driving cars are a ways away just because of this. It has to be at a very high error free rate, like 99% or above to go into widespread use. I think it'll be awhile before they are able to get it that foolproof.

still not quite ready for prime time. It would scare me to watch a tesla negotiate a crowded parking lot... people popping out here and there and cars starting pull out of parking spaces...

Lawsuit waiting to happen.

I agree they can be douchy, but people need to be less dumbasses too. Just because a Tesla hits a car backing out doesn't mean the Tesla is at fault. I've seen dozens of people get into that same accident. Sometimes its obvious the person backing out wasn't looking or just assumed the person driving down the isle would stop for them. Sometimes it's the other way around. Sometimes the person driving down the isle is doing it too fast and the person backing up couldn't reasonably had seen them until they were close. Shit happens.

There's also a group of people who could use that feature to the benefit of society. Selfishly, I'd rather have a bunch Tesla's driving around the parking lot potentially getting in my way than a bunch of old people walking around absolutely getting in my way. For the most part, those same arrogant douches acting like they own the batmobile are probably better off on the sidewalk waiting for their car than they are walking around the parking lot not paying attention too. If they had to go get their car, they'd probably be on their phone walking around causing trouble. I've seen WAY more accidents because of that sort of thing than anything else.

People too stupid to learn to drive Love the idea of autonomous cars.

ditto. when most all the vehicles are self drivers I think it will be much safer overall. and hopefully much less congestion because the cars will be able to 'talk' to each other.

i'm all for it.

then I can say 'my self-driving bad ass Prius.'

Not really supportive of self diving vehicles.

SJG

Self diving vehicles would that be scuba or snorkel ?

Self driving

Thanks!

So so about these self flying shuttle craft. Cutting the pilot out, means the weight and size can be halved. And these don't have to deal with ground traffic, don't have to go very far or very fast.

But still, I would ask people to hold back.

And this Tesla thing, seems like it is using legal loop holes, like the fact that it is private property.

Would not want self driving automobiles, vacuum cleaners, or fork lifts to become common.

I would say that we should pass new regulations to put the brakes on this.

In San Francisco we have BART, originally intended to be a self driving train. But as no one was confident that the software was right to make this safe yet, the idea was shelved, now seemingly forever.

SJG

Ever seen a group of 50 waiting inside of a walmart during a rainshower? Thats when it would be ideal. Auto pilot is the wave of the future. Remember there was a time when elevators had to be run manually. Now we never think of jumping in one. Sure a few people die in elevators but noone seems to want to go back to the past.