I bought a Tesla. Never thought Iโd get an electric vehicle, but took a ride in a buddyโs Tesla and changed my mind.
Iโve been using the supervised self-driving mode for my daily commute into DC. Itโs pretty amazing.
Today the car suddenly moved into the left lane, very abruptly. In that split second a very large piece of debris blew into the lane I had been in. The Tesla self driving system saw what I couldnโt see.
When I drive I can only see from the perspective of the driver side front seat. The Tesla has multiple censors with different angles of view. It saw what I couldnโt.
Importantly, even I I had seen it at the same time, the split second that it would have taken me to check blind spots and then consciously make the decision to move over would have taken too long. The Tesla knew all these variables simultaneously and almost instantly and was able to avoid impact safely.
Well done @elonmusk and @Tesla team.
@GlennMeder This sounds a lot like the time my son used my Occulus logged in as me and Facebook banned me, forced me to submit government issued ID only to grant me back my Meta account (so I can play games on the Occulus) but not my Facebook account.
@LamarMK I was showing my dad the config I wanted to get on my phone and accidentally hit "Order Now". It was the best mistake I've ever made. Love my car. 10/10.