You do have way more experience than me. I didn't say it wasn't really impressive tech. I'm sure with an attentive driver + FSD it is one of the safest vehicles on the road.

However, the argument was you not paying attention with FSD engage because nothing has ever happened. So I'll stick to my point that is dangerous which is proven by the examples I showed. If you feel comfortable still putting your life at risk by not being attentive then more power you my brave soldier lol.

 

I think what people post on x is also BS, which is why I don't post on any social media... well except CL

 

Well as I said, I will post truthfully if it F's up. And if I die (God forbid) you won't hear from me again, and I'll be one less thorn on CL

 

Just to add, 1. you asked for examples because you didn't believe me. 2. I provided examples which you said were too old before recent updates3. I provided recent examples. Then you ultimately decided the examples doesn't matter, you're still going to trust FSD and not be attentive. Just doesn't seem like any example could have swayed you to begin with.

Please don't crash lol. Would never want or wish that...unless Tesla accepts liability and you can get a fat payout if you crash lol. Obviously hopefully come out with only a scratch or 2.

 

Believing the reddit mob owns Tesla's lol. Those clips are pulled from YT.

 

Honestly, I'm pretty much at the point I can't tell if a video is AI or not.

 

Cope how? I have nothing against FSD, I think its incredible...it however is not perfect and is not immune from doing dangerous things.

 

The reason I don't rely on those posts is because in the 9 months and thousands of miles I've driven between NorCal and SoCal, including round abouts, mountain roads, dessert roads and construction zones, I've never experienced any near accidents on v14. I also talk to people who use it like Bitkahuna, Hameed, and many friends who use it here and in SoCal to get their experiences. Yes it could get into an accident, but that's a risk I fully understand. Tesla says up front they are not responsible, so I understand that as well. It will never get better if I shy away from using it. Should I pay more attention? Probably.

 

I’ve used FSD for 5 days while on vacation and I thought it was pretty cool. However, I don’t see how people say they have more energy using FSD vs having to drive themselves. Like others mentioned, you have to stay awake, focused, and looking ahead. If I’m not mistaken you have to touch the wheel every so often or at least you did on the version I experienced.

With that being said have a question…I’m driving behind a model 3 in left lane on highway. I’m close enough to alert the driver hey I would like to pass. Now idk if this was FSD or person actually driving, but the model 3 somewhat launched ahead then got over in the right lane and suddenly gave a little brake check to the car in the right lane. Now finally my question, if FSD was set at max speed of lets say 75mph (the speed limit), will FSD recognize cars forming behind it in the left lane and exceed the set speed, get into the right lane AND immediately slow down (like a brake check) to the set speed or was that driver induced?

While the Tesla was in the left lane, it was matching the speed with the car in the right lane for about a min or so.

Lately I assume every Tesla I see on the highway is using FSD

 

You're mistaken 🙂 You don't have to touch the wheel and all you have to do is glance ahead every now and then. Driving to SoCal, it was the most relaxing drive ever. I just kicked back in my seat, listened to podcasts, and talked to Grok for 7 hours

 

How does one use FSD for 5 days and not know if they have to touch the wheel or not. What version?

 

Who is Grok? Nvm I just googled it.

Pretty sure I had an older version. For the most part it worked well minus few hiccups like approaching intersection with my light was green and it see a car approaching the light from intersecting direction and FSD would jam on the brakes. So learned to take over thru that intersection because we drove thru it everyday. Also one night coming up on a flashing red light at intersection it became confused and wouldn’t go on its own so had to give the go pedal little nudge then back to normal. Shifting lane next to a curb it scared me a couple times because I thought it was going to hit the curb so I grabbed the wheel.

Whatever version was in Nov. 2024 on 2023 Model 3. I want to say had to touch the wheel every so often like 50 something seconds or maybe I’m mistaken. Some message in red would appear about touching the wheel.

I do know I couldn’t text while using FSD except while stopped at red lights. After 3-4 warnings it kicked me out of FSD for the trip for texting while in motion. I had to like reenable it in the settings. The first time it happened, I sent the message to the Turo owner. Looks like I called it auto pilot but it was FSD. I’ve experienced auto pilot and know the difference.

 

Back then you were most likely on v12 or v13 on HW3. Not the same FSD at all. At that time it drove like an inexperienced new driver. Now you can't even tell the car is driving itself and you can change it to 4 different modes to match your driving experience

 

Oh I get it. Just having Distronic do most of the driving really does reduce the stress of driving on a long trip, and in bumper to bumper traffic where Distronic largely drives for me, thats great.

In general though, to me its like driving vs being a passenger on a trip. I prefer to drive, and when you're a passenger you can do whatever you want. My preference for driving doesn't end when its another person vs a computer driving.
They're really not if you look at the use specs.

 

As others have said, the version you had was older and less mature. With the latest v14.xx you no longer need to touch the wheel, unless it thinks you aren't paying attention.

The M3 you were driving behind seems like it was being manually driven. FSD does not have one sit in the left lane on a highway. It may stay there awhile while passing slower vehicles, and if someone comes up at a higher rate of speed, it will get over when safe to do so. It doesn't speed up to get out of the way. Also, there is no speed you can set FSD to. You set modes which can range from going roughly the speed limit to about 20 over. I choose Hurry to go with the flow.

I'm betting that about 1 in 10-20 are using FSD, if that.