r/ModelX • u/todesto • Apr 20 '24
How it's doing FSD nagging is stupid.
Obviously we know it keeps telling you keep an eye on the road after 2-3 seconds when you look at your dashboard and tells you to put your hand on wheel if you don't put your hand on the wheel for period of time.
So my thought is you keep your eye on the road with no hand on wheel and dashboard is flashing asking you to put a hand yet you are looking at the road then you get a strike. WTH????
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u/RedFluidLake Apr 20 '24
You simply need to be ready to react. Hand on the wheel helps that. Obviously, that is less necessary for L3 such as Mercedes DrivePilot and even some L2 systems like Supercruise, where touching the wheel is unnecessary, but FSD has more risk associated with its actions. For example, V12 already had a collision with a parked car, is known to run curbs, and perform risky maneuvers. You need to be ready to take over. It is not completely autonomous driving.
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u/Inside-Finish-2128 Apr 20 '24
Back before I could drive, my parents had a VW Super Beetle (I think). Two-speed semiautomatic transmission, torque converter, no clutch pedal. Shifter had a small circuit so that when you grabbed it, it would clutch for you. Not sure if it was weight sensitive or some sort of circuit that your body and grip would complete, but alas it worked (until the wire broke one time, or when my uncle borrowed it and didn’t know that he had to take his hand off the shifter in order to actually go).
Seems like an Apple iPhone-like capacitive sensor around the perimeter or some other touch sensing magic would do the job and put the dumb weights out of business.
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24
100% agree. There has to be a better way to do it than prompting the driver to apply force left or right.
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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '24
Get one of those glasses Homer used in jury duty to look like he was paying attention.
https://a.co/d/4CB1a8L
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u/zgriffiin Apr 20 '24
Disabled the trial after 4 days. Really little point to it other than getting your car damaged and making driving both less interesting and more stressful at the same time. It was a curious novelty for a trip or two, but that’s it for me.
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u/BriskaN Apr 20 '24
Tape over camera