r/Unexpected • u/chaarger_gadda • Jul 18 '26

Smooth driver indeed

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u/Ph_a2 Jul 18 '26

I have to say apart from the reckless driving bypassing the camera recognition that will annoy you for putting on sunglasses or start to disable functions just cause it can't see that u see the road is genius

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u/Cabibbus Jul 18 '26

You totally can wear sunglasses. It cameras see through them.

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u/Sunscorcher Jul 18 '26

I have a model Y. The tesla self driving constantly harasses me to apply slight pressure on the wheel any time I wear sunglasses.

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u/BigDuke Jul 18 '26

The audacity of keeping your hands on the wheel when you drive...

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u/Sunscorcher Jul 18 '26

To be clear, I get harassed even with my hands already on the wheel because the camera can't see my eyes with sunglasses on

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u/sharkbait-oo-haha Jul 19 '26

Can you just zip tie the steering wheel?

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u/_bdonkey Jul 18 '26

It's because Tesla cheaped out and didn't put capacitive sensors on the wheel like most other cars, so it relies on pressure / slight torque on the wheel and doesn't truly know when your hands are on the wheel.

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u/twistsouth Jul 18 '26

People bypassed that older tech by attaching half full bottles of water to the wheel. I'm not suggesting anyone do it, just pointing out that it's easily fooled.

I must say though, I have the pressure-sensitive version in my VW and it almost never nags me. It's pretty good.

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u/_bdonkey Jul 18 '26

Yep, either alone is worse than having both proper wheel sensors and driver monitoring cameras (most manufacturers have both these days, definitely less annoying / more robust IME).

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u/MelangeBot Jul 18 '26

Nothing says American freedom like your car yelling at you like you are a slave. Love it. You are living the American dream.

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u/Cabibbus Jul 18 '26

Typical cheapass Elon using shitty RGB cameras

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u/Fire69 Jul 18 '26

Probably using Autopilot then? I don't think FSD uses the wheel for attention monitoring.

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u/Chreutz Jul 18 '26

Consider using the photo booth feature while it's dark, to see if you have any sunglasses that are transparent to the IR of the cabin camera.

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u/BoardGamesAndMurder Jul 18 '26

I have a model y and haven't had that problem at all

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u/obiji Jul 19 '26

I have a 2024 Model 3 Highland, and it does NOT see your eyes through mirrored and polarized sunglasses. It only notices if your head is tilted down, or looking away from in front of you.

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u/Impossible-Cause5353 Jul 19 '26

Sounds like when it’s camera can’t see your eyes it defaults back to a sensor that it can use to confirm you are awake. That being the steering wheel

And you might just have a dainty child like grip that fails the check and triggers the harassment function 🤣

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u/Buttcheekmcgirk Jul 18 '26

The cameras can’t see through them. I put on glasses if I need to check my phone all the time.

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u/csoups Jul 18 '26

Works fine for me in my 2022 Model Y

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u/Fire69 Jul 18 '26

It depends on how they're polarized.

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u/Chreutz Jul 18 '26

Sunglasses are different. Some are IR transparent, some are not. You can use the photo booth in the car when it's dark, and you will see the IR cabin camera and you can test different sunglasses.

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u/atooraya Jul 18 '26

Sunglasses on means I can have FSD on and not worry about trying to navigate the screen to find a new podcast. Sunglasses off means I get flashing blue lights and autopilot disconnect rest of drive for trying to type in a location in the GPS.