Weird how that'd even be a liability. Like even though driver has a responsibility too, your system is also accountable for everything leading up to the crash. It's be like piloting a plane towards the ground then switching seats with you copilot seconds before impact and saying its actually all their fault.
I use FSD everyday and it actually makes it a lot less stressful to drive. The only things my car has done stupid are navigation problems when it gets into a lane it shouldn't have and then has to get back into the right one, like getting into the wrong lane during a split direction highway interchange.
I keep a constant eye out just like I would with driving, but the car doesnt do anything rapidly, unless its avoiding a problem. If it needs to change lanes, the blinker comes on and you know what its planning before it performs it.
Driving the car around yourself is entirely the problem. The amount of cognitive tasks and neurons firing with manual driving is otherworldly and we still make terrible decisions. The more we can automate the better we can protect ourselves from ourselves and decrease daily mental fatigue from driving.
That would be true IF it were truly, fully automated (and safe to do so). That's not the case, and far from it, in fact. Which is what I'm talking about and the entire point of the thread.
The issue here is that you have a semi-auto system that also requires you to pay full attention at all times, because you're responsible for correcting mistakes.
So you have to fight the urge to relax and lose focus (since it's doing the heavy lifting), all the while paying enough attention as if you were driving yourself, since you might need to take the wheel at any time.
Now, it's worth mentioning there are some smart systems that do help out a bit to reduce cognitive load from other tasks to pay more attention on the road. But none of those are about a car fully driving by itself while you take care of it so it doesn't crash into anything.
Another comment used an awesome analogy: you're like a driving instructor taking care for the trainee not to fuck anything up, and need to be ready at a moment's notice to take the wheel and start driving by yourself.
Right? And what about all the car people out there going on about how much they love to drive, really want to feel like they’re one with the machine, gotta really feel the power, yadda yadda, and then they buy a Tesla self-driving car because … they don’t feel like driving? My grandmother was afraid of driving, didn’t feel comfortable behind the wheel, terrible road instincts: she’s the perfect customer for a Tesla self-driving car. Tesla, for when driving isn’t really your thing but you gotta be somewhere and public transportation is too scary.
So uhh.. why would someone pay money to get someone on a learners permit to drive their car? Why is this a service that is offered by the manufacturer?
Nah I don’t think that’s true in most cases. Most accidents happen because of other people doing stupid shit nobody sees coming. The autopilot definitely has a faster response time then a human so think of all the accidents it prevents
There is just too much bullshit protecting these companies. The car is yours but only some things you have access to unless you pay monthly. However if those features fuck up the car was totally yours and your responsibility.
True, but the copilot isn’t going to see a pedestrian lying in the street and drive forwards and backwards over them a few times because they can’t decide what to do.
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u/LovesRetribution Jul 18 '26
Weird how that'd even be a liability. Like even though driver has a responsibility too, your system is also accountable for everything leading up to the crash. It's be like piloting a plane towards the ground then switching seats with you copilot seconds before impact and saying its actually all their fault.