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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
You do realize we all get this right? Don't think it needs repeating.
The bottom line is Tesla does nothing to discourage the behavior you see from a few with whatever you want to call their system. The fact that they have "Summon" turned on in a car they say can't really drive itself is even more hypocrisy on their part, and leads people to say "well, heck, if it can do that..."
I think we are at other of those "agree to disagree" on this. As I said earlier, the drivers are idiots, and Tesla does nothing to discourage it because it's free advertising for them (usually positive, occasionally negative, but press is press).
In the end, GM's Super Cruise does what Tesla's does, and it better protects riders and the driving public at the same time. |
Well, I think not everyone gets it, which is why I posted the response. Specifically, people seem more focused that the name FSD implies Level 5 autonomy and that the name leads to the incorrect behavior. This is not the case. People aren't naive; they are actively trying to circumvent the warnings. Again, my argument is the name is not the contributor. People are just abusing the system, and Tesla is taking a passive approach in regulating how Tesla's customers use their own possessions. Why they are taking a passive approach is unclear, so I guess someone could conclude it is because they want free good or bad publicity, but that would be baseless conjecture at this point.
I agree that Supercruise offers more protections. Many cars offer more protection to the driver and to the driving public too with safety software and driver aids. I am assuming you aren't special pleading Tesla and are equally disgruntled with them too.
Story update:
https://www.businessinsider.com/tesl...on-musk-2021-4