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Tesla driver charged with manslaughter after car in FSD mode crashes into Texas home
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I don't think this is true, resources suggest you only override the speed of the FSD
This is true, friend has one. Just like regular cruise control, you can goose it and it returns to self driving. Not for long though I think, then it shuts off.
The other thing not mentioned are the interior cameras, Teslas have interior cameras too so they have him recorded doing whatever he was doing.
I want to believe you, because that's the sensible way of handling user input. But here's a forbes article about another incident:
That's what I said? The accelerator does not disable self drive, and it's not in the list.
Oh then I misinterpreted this line to mean the opposite, my bad!
Oh yeah that was unclear. I meant i think it doesn't let you just keep accelerating in FSD without shutting off FSD. But I actually don't know. I'll ask the owner I know.
As a different owner, pressing the accelerator while in FSD does not disengage. Keeping it pressed shows a warning that the car will not brake while you are overriding it. Holding it for a longer period (maybe 20s?) will start some warning feedback that will result in FSD disengaging after several more seconds. It also disengages if you exceed a set limit, which I think is 85, but I don't hit that situation often.
That Forbes article is also wrong. Pressing the right scroll wheel activates voice command input and does nothing to FSD.
Different models and years behave differently. Cars with no stalks use the right wheel.
Does the right wheel activate voice input on those models? Because if so, that's really bad UX.
No, there are separate buttons around the wheels.
It’s not full self driving if you’re pressing the accelerator to the floor.
That's your opinion, not a truth
What are you even arguing, FSD is a programmed feature in their cars and according to the black box of the car it was turned on at the time of the accident. Period. Read the article.
What your* opinion on what actually constitutes full self driving is completely irrelevant here.
It’s not full self driving to begin with. Never was.
It is, you just have to supervise it.
Then that’s not full self driving. If you can’t fall asleep in the back seat, it’s not full self driving.
I’m not sure you know what the word “supervised” means. If I supervised you while you dug a hole, who dug the hole? Me or you?
If someone needs to be watched to dig a hole, they are a shit hole digger, and should not be trusted to dig a hole.
Also, I wasn’t aware that FSD stood for Full Supervised Driving. Interesting stuff.
Funny, you didn’t answer the question.
How about an exam supervisor? Who is doing the exam, the student or the supervisor?
It’s not called “Full Self Driving” - it’s called “Full Self Driving (Supervised)”. It does the driving, you need to supervise to step in if it goes to do something wrong.