Earlier quoted context omitted.
No one is saying AP should be the safest thing ever, my comment certainly isn't saying that AP should be some sorr of super-human driver The problem is AP is actively making itself less safe than it would be without marketing oriented features even with no additional strengths . AP could the same collision avoidance and lane centering capabilities, but not allow the driver to engage them in "Autopilot" style. That's…
> The problem is AP is actively making itself less safe than it would be without marketing oriented features even with no additional strengths. That's a shame but I'm not going to worry all that much about it killing people if it's still safer than a basic car. > Or to put it another way, good enough is good enough for the safety features. But "good enough" is actually the most dangerous level of the convenience feat…
This doesn't make sense unless you just like senesless death.
It can be safer than a basic car and not kill people.
Or it can be safer than a basic car and kill people for the sake of marketing.
Since like I said, AP should not leave you feeling rested, full attentiveness is required, more than usual. If you're operating under the assumption you can relax a little with it active like a co-pilot or watcher, you're following for it's most dangerous trap.
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Also you realize basic cars have been picking up the safety features for a while now right?
The Toyota Corolla, the baseline of basic cars, has had LKA for 3 or 4 years now? And will warn a drowsy driver in case of excessive interventions.
It's sad again, because if anything Tesla is poisoning the well on these features since they're lulling people who don't even have the cars into a false sense of security.
AP marketing makes it seem like it can make a drive more relaxing (with Tesla salespeople using that exact phrasing on a test drive mind you) when the moment it does that, it's making you less safe than if it wouldn't pretend to be capable of that.
Now when other manufacturers intentionally omit continuous lane centering, it seems like an omission of a convenience, not an omission of a dangerously misleading liability to the safety of its users.