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Tesla driver was using Autopilot before fatal Monroe crash, police say
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It's poorly named. A more accurate, less marketing influenced name would be "Adaptive Cruise Control with Lane Assist" for the basic "Autopilot".
I think it's more fair to say it is maliciously named. It's false advertising and leading to issues exactly like the one mentioned in this post.
But Elmo would never do such a thing /s
ambitiously named.
Which my parents' Lexus had like 7 years ago.
There’s a pretty important distinction here: people using autopilot and full self driving interchangeably when they are very different things. It’s important to know which.
If you try using adaptive cruise control and lane assist functions as a method to keep your hands off the wheel you're going to be in for a bad time.
I'm sure it's not all cars, but all the ones i've been in over the past 10 years generally only jerk you back to the middle of the lane. They don't adapt well if you're cut off suddenly at high speeds either.
I find it much smoother and more consistent than my Subaru was, but clearly NOT ready for hands free. If it’s only “autopilot”, it really is just a nicer adaptive cruise control with lane keeping.