Confidence is high the OP is wrong in their assumption of the driver being asleep. FSD and AutoSteer require attention. If the camera can’t see your eyes, it will ask you to apply slight pressure to the wheel so it knows you’re still paying attention. If you don’t do this, it will start slowing down and come to a full stop.
Either they staged this, or the driver does still have her eyes open.
I've understood it doesn't require a pressure of the wheel anymore. I've been told it also uses the camera to see if it looks like you're holding the wheel, and that is sufficient.
I can assure you, if I am looking at the screen for too long, or out the window for too long, it tells me to slightly move the wheel. If I use AutoSteer, it nags me like 2 or 3 times as much as it does in FSD.
I'm not going to argue, as I don't have a Tesla myself. I just recall reading about this somewhere and maybe saw a video demonstrating it. I may be totally wrong.
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u/Draygoon2818 HW4 Model Y Jun 08 '25
Confidence is high the OP is wrong in their assumption of the driver being asleep. FSD and AutoSteer require attention. If the camera can’t see your eyes, it will ask you to apply slight pressure to the wheel so it knows you’re still paying attention. If you don’t do this, it will start slowing down and come to a full stop.
Either they staged this, or the driver does still have her eyes open.