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Tesla's "full self-driving" is nothing more than a Level 2 system anyway.

i.e. it's like an adaptive cruise with some extra benefits.

You're in control of the vehicle at all times, so it's ultimately the driver's fault.

 

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and the car/manufacturer can/will grass you up if it considers you were driving badly ... and do sell insurance companies driving habits (hard braking/corning/speeding) which are reported from the car back to the manufacturer

- check the T&C's

 

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A friends Tesla shut down for 10 minutes after he was 'testing the stability' in a car park and the info screen reported to him that the vehicle would shut down as it was been driven 'in a dangerous manner' or something similar.

He had to sit and wait for it to start again.

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Wonder if your friends insurance premiums will be affected?

 

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"Testing the stability" ?

I suspect the Tesla Map would have picked up that the car was being driven in a car park and the default safety settings required a shut down.

Reassuring that Tesla have public safety built in, to try to stop drivers driving in a way that may be risky.

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lol heres another perspective

wonder if the Tesla has exemptions for tracks running alongside roads - of which there are a few - where you are simply and legitimately checking its performance/handling/braking? - or whether it will also report that as unsafe driving in a 30 zone and shut you down, and report your dangerous driving to insurance companies  ... let alone a 20 zone if in wales perhaps?

or perhaps you are trying to escape something - perhaps a flood unexpectedly washing down the road of which theres been a number recently ... oh no says tesla - you stay there .. and wait for your insurance premium increase if you and your electric car survive a thorough soaking

 

- and in any case, I think the threads point is that the Tesla (and others) self driving is generally of 'questionable quality' and few would want the decisions/control taken entirely unexpectedly away from them.

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Interestingly, I've just been out to do some shopping - other side of town so in car

waiting at single lane mini roundabout to turn right

White van man comes up to island with left indicator on an starts to turn left - so I start to pull out

- loon in a BMW speeds around from out of sight behind van as it turns and cuts across me - just missing - as I slam on the brakes

 

- wonder if my quick reaction to a loon would get me a black mark?

 

Only a little exceptional - similar milder issues disturbingly common

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Reassuring that Tesla have public safety built in, to try to stop drivers driving in a way that may be risky.

It didn't stop the man in Ohio taking his eye off the road and daydreaming by the sound of it, though. The car was even speeding by 5mph when it nearly hit the train.

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2 hours ago, tobyjugg2 said:

wonder if my quick reaction to a loon would get me a black mark

This already does count against you on black box policies so I can't imagine it being any different if Tesla really was reporting to insurers.

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1 hour ago, lolerz said:

This already does count against you on black box policies so I can't imagine it being any different if Tesla really was reporting to insurers.

Not simply reporting out of goodness and safety reasoning - Selling data to insurers is reported

- and to be fair - not just tesla,

- and not just electric vehicles although they seem to be most intrusive in data gathering.

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He's not a close friend, I'm sure he was driving like a dick but I didn't want to put that. The only point I'm making is that in no way am I ever driving something that a corporation can switch off as and when they feel like it.

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I suspect many electric vehicles have the same inbuilt safety features.

The risks that humans take will eventually be mostly moderated by computers.

 

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I just went out to get in car to go to pub

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My old dog Amy used to do that

 

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Self-driving cars are safer than those driven by humans, except when it is dusk, dawn, or the vehicle is turning, according to a new study.

The article does say that self-driving cars are generally safer but it's not a ringing endorsement IMO.

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Self-driving cars are generally safer than cars driven by humans, according to a new study released on Tuesday. However, the cars were found to be more...

 

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.. because they mostly work in very carefully contained situations .. ?

- and there are far fewer of them ..

 

otherwise

During low-light conditions at dawn or dusk, they were more than five times more likely to have an accident than a human-driven car.

While turning, self-driving cars were nearly two times more likely to have an accident.

 

That headline is simply err misleading

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