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Waymo adheres to hard parameters if one is out of bounds the car loses the ability to drive. Tesla learns from watching video and constantly improves automatically. You decide which is the better approach.
Way o released a statement "While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice. While we successfully traversed more than 7,000 dark signals on Saturday, the outage created a concentrated spike in these requests. This created a backlog that, in some cases, led to response delays contributing to congestion on already-overwhelmed streets."
So I guess you and I current assumption about being coded to stop was blatantly wrong. Seems Waymo is just putting safety as the utmost first priority. To knock them for that seems foolish.
Sounds to me like they didn't have enough remote operators. It's pretty amazing some of you are actually arguing that stopping in the middle of the road is the safest course of action yet here we are. I do get a good laugh out of it.
Sounds to me like they didn't have enough remote operators. It's pretty amazing some of you are actually arguing that stopping in the middle of the road is the safest course of action yet here we are. I do get a good laugh out of it.
Don't be disingenuous. The choice is blowing intersections or stopping in the middle of the intersections. If I had to choose, stopping in the middle of the intersection is the easy and obvious choice. Neither is anything close to being the best choice though.
Sure seems like not enough remote operators for this rare situation. I guess RoboTaxi wouldn't have an issue since they have an employee in every cybertaxi lmao
It's pretty amazing you are arguing to blow intersections is the safest course of action but here we are.
IMO this is a very rare scenario that now they have experienced and will learn from. That’s the thing about automation, routine is easier than exception
I have over 500 miles of FSD this month of 30% of driving just to test it out. One of the amazing things it did was stop at a crosswalk in DC yielding to a couple of people where there was no traffic light. The other is where I saw a big pothole and swerved around it.
Also, there are times where it does ask me to grab the wheel, see pics below. What is also impressive is where it sees I have a hat on so it won’t go full hands free. See second pic.
I have over 500 miles of FSD this month of 30% of driving just to test it out. One of the amazing things it did was stop at a crosswalk in DC yielding to a couple of people where there was no traffic light. The other is where I saw a big pothole and swerved around it.
Also, there are times where it does ask me to grab the wheel, see pics below. What is also impressive is where it sees I have a hat on so it won’t go full hands free. See second pic.
Does your S have the front bumper camera? How big of a pothole did it go around?
Does it also slow down on steep/higher than normal speed bumps or very rough rail road tracks?
Does your S have the front bumper camera? How big of a pothole did it go around?
Does it also slow down on steep/higher than normal speed bumps or very rough rail road tracks?
No front camera on my car, only the 2026 models have that for the S. As for the speed humps it’s hit or miss, sometimes it slows down appropriately and other times it doesn’t and it hits hard enough where my tire rubs since I have wider/taller tires up front.
Originally Posted by bitkahuna
were you wearing a sombrero?
lol just a standard baseball cap. Still impressive since the camera couldn’t see my eyes. I put my finger over the camera just to test it and after a couple seconds it freaked out and gave me the warning message.
My 430 mile review of FSD...AWESOME! It still sometimes makes weird decisions changing lanes in the more aggressive modes (Hurry and Mad Max modes) to get around slower cars, but it drives better and safer than any human being. I second guessed it a couple of times and found myself in situations that made me a couple of enemies, FSD likes to keep the peace. It's even courteous, seeing someone wanted to make a left turn into a mall, put itself in reverse to allow the person to enter the driveway. They even waved at me, I felt awkward but waved back . Even on dark desert roads, it never even wavered, stayed within the lines perfectly, and smoothly got me through a 12 hour drive. I was actually on the phone with someone, completely not paying attention and FSD handled the driving perfectly. I'm 100 percent sold 👍
I had a "fun" experience with FSD today. We were going along and it showed us turning right ~17 miles ahead. All of a sudden it decided to turn right down a side street. Make the next right, then the next and the next. Basically, a 360 turn in a random neighborhood. When it came out it changed the upcoming turn to something like 30 miles away instead of the original 17. It all worked out fine, but was very strange.
I had a "fun" experience with FSD today. We were going along and it showed us turning right ~17 miles ahead. All of a sudden it decided to turn right down a side street. Make the next right, then the next and the next. Basically, a 360 turn in a random neighborhood. When it came out it changed the upcoming turn to something like 30 miles away instead of the original 17. It all worked out fine, but was very strange.
I bet that was a GPS/maps thing it was following. Maps has been acting funny since a couple of updates, having me turn left instead of right, taking me behind stores instead of in front etc. Even my brother confirmed this. I don't think that had anything to do with FSD because FSD is just following the route laid out by maps
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I bet that was a GPS/maps thing it was following. Maps has been acting funny since a couple of updates, having me turn left instead of right, taking me behind stores instead of in front etc. Even my brother confirmed this. I don't think that had anything to do with FSD because FSD is just following the route laid out by maps
I watched it put on the right signal and turn, while displaying the next turn was 17 miles away. I didn't intervene due to being in disbelief of what I was witnessing. It was just strange.
I also still had the same speed limit being stuck on 45 for about 30 miles of road, that varies from 35 to 55. I confirmed today that the issue is only one direction, as it worked as expected on the way to my destination. I just put it in Mad Max mode and let it run 20 over what it was showing, so 65 in what it thought was a 45. I would bring it down to Chill when the limit dropped below 45. I was impressed how it avoided roadkill and for the most part, drives very natural.
. Even on dark desert roads, it never even wavered, stayed within the lines perfectly, and smoothly got me through a 12 hour drive. I was actually on the phone with someone, completely not paying attention and FSD handled the driving perfectly. I'm 100 percent sold 👍
