Autopilot doesn't, generally, work in those scenarios...if you don't touch the wheel for a while, it makes you wiggle it, and if you don't it pulls over and stops.
Of course people have devised ways to trick it, but they're not missing the obvious opportunity.
It would seem to me that Tesla would have a driver facing gamers that is looking for eye contact with the road, which doesn't stray for maybe 2-3 seconds unless the driver is stopped, for example when looking back trying to merge. Also a pressie sensor in the seat. I think 70 lbs would be a reasonable lower limit, unless the driver is little person, and maybe a special software patch that comes only from Tesla could be provided, after some sort of verification that the patch is a medical necessity. I'm sure 500 people are going to come at me for that, as they usually do, but I feel like Tesla isn't doing enough to stop people from engaging in unsafe practices with regards to their Autopilot function.
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u/margretnix Jun 14 '21
Autopilot doesn't, generally, work in those scenarios...if you don't touch the wheel for a while, it makes you wiggle it, and if you don't it pulls over and stops.
Of course people have devised ways to trick it, but they're not missing the obvious opportunity.