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Self-Driving Tesla Fails School Bus Test, Hitting Child-Size Dummies… Meanwhile, Robo-Taxis Hit the Road in 2 Weeks. (fuelarc.com)
submitted 5 days ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I have no confidence that Tesla will fix this before the planned Robo-Taxi rollout in Austin in 2 weeks.

After all, they haven't fixed it in the last 9 years that self-driving Teslas have been on the road.

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[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The problem is, it's already better than the worst human drivers, it's just that that's too low a bar. It's a looong way away from being better than the best human drivers (think taxi and bus drivers who do it every day, or police who actually go through extra vehicle handling training)

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I would generally agree with that statement but it seems the spirit of this thread is solidly in opposition. It would be make/model dependent, and Tesla has demonstrated their lack of safety.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It would be make/model dependent

I'm specially talking about Tesla's FSD/Autopilot.
While getting a demo of FSD from a friend, their Model 3 correctly stopped at a red light, and 30 seconds later a car ran right through it in the next lane over. That's how low the bar is for "worst human driver". Tbh, that human shouldn't have been on the road if they're driving past stopped cars through a red light.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago

I would asset your anecdote is definitely not proof positive of Tesla FSD being better than humans statistically, but it's true that most public sentiment is inaccurate in assessing their FSD as either flawless or a murder-suicide mobile.

I've been behind the wheel when FSD was going to run a red light for me, twice in the same trip. It does perform impressively well most of the time, and if I could wave a magic wand, I'd put Tesla software in a more reputable brand's car with LIDAR. Musk is a moron for going cameras only (and about fifty other things).