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Comment by vkou | Hacker News Reader

This is utterly horrifying.

Even if Tesla owners opting into this beta test are willing to put their lives on the, uh, line, I'm not sure everyone else on the road is as keen as they are to be volunteered into this test.

I'm not sure I understand how other posters are watching this video, and are concluding that the FSD system is being 'overly cautious'. To me, it looks like it's doing its best to get T-boned.

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Which makes me wonder why these features are still allowed in cars in general. Having an aerospace background, I have no idea how certification of these things work for cars, but I would like to think some governing body has to sign of on this stuff. At least in Germany we have the TÜV for cars already on the road, and sometimes changing basic stuff like suspension isn't allowed. For safety reasons, which I get. On the other hand, you have half assed self driving features in production cars (not just Tesla).

It seems to me there are probably laws on the books here in the US that could regulators could use to stop this. For some reason, they all seem to be asleep at the wheel (for lack of a better phrase). I guess they’re prioritizing the company over the public.

It seems to be either overly cautious and just frozen in place, or "I'm gonna get myself t-boned", no middle ground in between.

It's doing both. It's stopping when it should be moving, and moving when it should be stopping.

This is precisely my problem, especially with the new Model S that guesses whether you want to go forward or reverse. I'm sure at least a few people will die for the sake of this "feature", and as a pedestrian I can't simply opt out of that risk by not buying a Tesla.

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