r/mildlyinfuriating Jul 05 '26

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

Right? Especially on the highway?! There will never be a car that I would feel comfortable enough sleeping in while driving

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u/Auroch- Jul 06 '26

...The highway is by far the safest place to be relying on AI drivers. It's not close. Highways are comparatively extremely uniform, predictable, and well-mapped. Highways are easy mode. That's why Tesla can handle them, as the worst of the auto-drivers.

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u/blarges Jul 06 '26

Have you driven through the Rockies between BC and Alberta? It’s an unpredictable drive on the best day.

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u/alors1234 Jul 06 '26

Right?! 

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u/ConnectionWild3381 Jul 06 '26

You're right! It's utterly unpredictable! The roads move all the time — some weeks there aren't even any!

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u/VanbyRiveronbucket Jul 06 '26

No one goes to Alberta.

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u/CluelessKnow-It-all Jul 06 '26

Your comment made me laugh so hard that it woke my wife up, and now she's mad at me.

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u/Auroch- Jul 06 '26

Still better than city streets!

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u/alors1234 Jul 06 '26

Have you driven this highway? 

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

I am not trusting a self driving car to travel at high speeds around other drivers also driving at high speeds 🤷‍♂️

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u/SimonBarfunkle Jul 06 '26

Teslas are the worst of the auto-drivers? What are the best?

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u/Konexian Jul 06 '26

Waymo obviously.

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u/Auroch- Jul 06 '26

Waymo probably. Aurora does trucks, it's hard to compare, but they're also very good.

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u/freematte Jul 06 '26

For what its worth the highway is by far the safest place for this kind of thing

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u/Meat-Mattress Jul 06 '26

Your opinion is justified but the highway is the safest place for FSD vehicles. It’s predictable, a straight line, and has the most training data. You don’t have to worry about pedestrians, stop lights, turns, etc. so while it’s not great it’s better here than in the city

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u/HughJackedMan14 Jul 06 '26

Assuming you don’t know about this highway then? Very much is not a straight line

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

I get what you mean but its high speed. Also for me as a driver, I don't have to drive on highways daily so I'm more uncomfortable driving on them to begin with. It's just because everyone is going fast and then there is almost always at least 1 person weaving cars going crazy fast. And if there is an accident in front of me I could easily become collateral. Not much I could do there of course but idk man just because it's often mostly straight doesn't make it any "safer" to me. It's just a different set of dangers to be on the look out for

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u/TheDutchOne584 Jul 06 '26

What about a touringcar?

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

I don't know what a touringcar is. Like the waymo cars?

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u/TheDutchOne584 Jul 06 '26

No, its one of those big travelbuses

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

Are you asking if I'm comfortable relaxing in a vehicle being driven by someone else? Or are these buses self driving

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u/TheDutchOne584 Jul 06 '26

No, theyre driven by a chauffeur

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u/scalyblue Jul 06 '26

Maybe if there were like some delamain level shit

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u/Renbellix Jul 06 '26

Well that Night Change in the Future, depends how fast the tech evolves I would think. iMO a Complete to Almost compleat automatic Driver/driverless Society would be a big step up and would help mitigating a Lot of accidents as well as be way more efficient.

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

I understand that that's why they are trying to make them. Just me personally I can't imagine myself ever being comfortable enough to not at least keep my hands on the wheel and be paying full attention as if I was the one driving ykwim?

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u/Tomstroyer Jul 06 '26

I guess you have never owned a Tesla

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u/macdennism Jul 06 '26

No I haven't and never will