Yes I wonder if it’s because the first few versions were exclusively in the small area that has affected the development. Since it kind of puts in some set rules that are hard to change.

It's interesting to see how FSD handles certain situations. Lots of time it handles things fairly well, but there are enough instances of things going less than smooth to make driving less comfortable for me. -Travis

@@EVBuyersGuide exactly. I feel the same way. It also sometimes drives like an old granny who can’t see well. Could become a danger from people driving behind you, like the part of the video where it slowed down to 10mph, or the hotel. I drove it to a CVS. Once it turned into the parking lot, it just crawled along at 2mph. Luckily no one was behind me.

I don't mind a car making freeway driving a little easier but cameras can only go so far. It'll be interesting to see how lidar works its way into the mainstream and how quickly. -Travis

Radar is great! Lidar, on the other hand, will only go mainstream if hardware costs come down dramatically (not just in the absolute, but relative to cameras), and if researchers can figure out how to decide which sensors are more correct in which situations. Cameras are already insanely cheap, and sensor fusion is insanely difficult, so this seems unlikely to me. More to the point, adding sensors beyond cameras should provide unique data that cameras can't perceive, but Lidar is limited to very similar perception as cameras. Radar, on the other hand, can see through visual obstructions like rain and fog. If it's sufficiently high-resolution, radar offers great potential benefit, whereas Lidar is unlikely to add enough additional perceptual data to overcome its comparative expensiveness.

infrared radar will solve the weather blindness if it’s affordable and adaptable to the primary camera sensors

True enough. -Travis

LOL!

but not safely meatballs

Thanks for watching! -Travis

Paying attention is a functional requirement. -Travis

There is a green light notification option, I let mine ding at me. -Travis

@@EVBuyersGuide is that just with Autopilot active? I noticed the notification on your trip, it should totally be the same beep as the steering wheel minder.

Tesla has definitely helped pushed things forward but their advantage is dwindling quickly (or gone). -Travis

​@@EVBuyersGuide The other major manufacturers are focusing on limited access highways, Tesla is working on city streets, huge difference and way more complex. If you haven't seen the FSD vs Mercedes test - watch it. Tesla is still way ahead.

The screen isn't especially purple, no. It's probably just the way the camera captured it. -Travis

Obviously 12. The free trial required version 12.3 update to be installed.

The latest version as of April, I believe that's V12. -Travis

Thank you for the feedback. It's not that we don't to test these side by side on an objective scale but since road and traffic conditions are exceptionally variable AND there are only so many of us (only one member of our team currently owns a higher level ADAS equipped vehicle) it would be difficult. And as you mentioned, there are a lot of software updates that come out which means we would have to pull everything together again to keep things up to date. We may be able to do this, but at the moment we wouldn't be able to at the standard we would like. -Travis

Thank you. -Travis

comma ai makes Tesla look like it doesn't have any hardware limitations. -Travis

I use AutoPilot for nearly all my freeway driving but the difference between standard AutoPilot and FSD isn't much worth it to my mind. Not yet. -Travis

Even if one is familiar with FSD there are still plenty of moments of unpredictability that can prove harmful if not fatal. At least Tesla added the word "Supervised" for the demo period. -Travis

Keep right just means stay out of the left most lane not necessarily stay in the furthest right lane on a highway with more than 2 lanes. It would be pretty ridiculous for everyone to drive in the right most lane on a 4-6 lane highway.... It's arguably safer to drive in a lane with no cars in front or behind you, and minimal cars along side, (assuming it's not the left most lane) because the number of things that could go wrong goes down drastically, and your ability to react goes up drastically. This is especially important in a computer vision based "self driving" where you as the human are not only reacting to driving factors, but also potentially the car's inputs.

@@brandonbergeron4668 Legally, you are probably right. But you can't tell me that on a 6 lane highway the right 5 lanes are designed for going the speed limit and the left one is for everyone else. You SHOULD be as far right as possible unless you are passing someone.

@@emoney1231 The fewer times you have to change lanes the lower frequency of something going wrong. The car actually can see when a car is signaling to change lanes, but how often do people not bother with that, and move over anyway. It's an interesting endeavor to code for a seemingly endless number of permutations. I have no skin in the game I just find it interesting to see how these systems handle things most of us do daily as near second nature. Does the computer follow the rules of the road to a T knowing most people don't and wouldn't expect you for example, to come to a complete stop at each stop sign rather than rolling a bit. Middle lane on a 3 lane highway (most of what is shown in this video) is for travel, right is for oncoming and exiting, and left for passing, but this also varies by state, some states don't require this, and under certain conditions these rules/laws become mere suggestions such as in any major metro during rush hour. For example, one use case I know would be a huge edge case to account for is, some places let you drive in the breakdown lane during rush hour times.

It seemed to want to avoid the right lane and my guess is it's to avoid merging complications. -Travis

Pass or passing? No pacing. Just move.

"Yet" only carries weight for those who count on it. -Travis

You are not wrong, but you do have to admit it's pretty impressive what hey have done with just cameras. It's got a long way to go though, but so much of tech in general is 25-50% substance and the rest is fluff and selective omissions.

What they've done with cameras is impressive but I think the difference between Tesla and other manufacturers is how much responsibility they're willing to put on the consumer and the trust they're putting in the cameras. -Travis