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Comment by cmelbye | Hacker News Reader

Tesla doesn't claim that the car is responsible for setting the correct speed limit -- they actually claim the opposite. From the Owner's Manual:

> Warning

> Do not rely on Traffic-Aware Cruise Control or Speed Assist to determine an accurate or appropriate cruising speed. It is the driver's responsibility to cruise at a safe speed based on road conditions and applicable speed limits.

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A problem with that is the car sometimes decides to change the set speed based on the signs and its not always obvious when you're in traffic until the car decides to take off. Alternatively it will slam breaks on if it misreads a sign and you have your speed set high. They need an option for a more dumb cruise control that ignores speed limits.

Of course the fine print covers their asses, but this is not what you’d think watching the marketing demos and YouTube videos around fsd capabilities.

That's in the manual, the fan marketing essential says it reads speed limit signs so you don't miss any of the action while your passenger plays Cuphead (I think though eventually they removed the ability for the passenger to play while you drive).

We should mail a copy of the owners manual to Elon Musk then because just a few days ago he, for about the fourth time, announced that he would be shocked if "Tesla does not achieve Full Self-Driving that is safer than human drivers this year (and 5 years ahead of everyone)".

Maybe we have different definitions of FSD and being safer than a human but to me that includes obeying the speed limits and stop signs

https://electrek.co/2022/01/31/elon-musk-tesla-full-self-dri...

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