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Just to clear things up, the Tesla turned off of the road and onto train tracks.
Tesla's "Full Self Driving" mode requires the driver to pay attention the entire time. For common things like not stopping on train tracks, the driver is expected to perform this. Obviously, that's not "Full Self Driving", but it's something that you can get used to.
On the other hand, turning onto train tracks is unforgivable. In an unfamiliar area, the driver may be confused about what is the correct place to turn, especially in the early morning as this was, and it might be natural to defer to the car's superior knowledge of the map and GPS. As a driver, it would be hard to imagine that the car would turn you on to train tracks.
This is a BS excuse. You can't expect most human beings to fully alert at all time when they don't have to actively need to do something for most of the time. There are several studies that prove the situational awareness always drops over time in Level 3 and Level 4 self driving vehicles.
The drivers only real fault is activating the self-driving in the first place. The attention requirement only exists to protect Tesla's bank accounts.
People should be doing the same stuff that they're always supposed to do while driving, but they don't usually have the attention for.
You know, like watch the road carefully for potholes or objects. Pay attention to the way other people drive so that you can better predict what they're going to do. Scan up the road for problems that might crop up.
There's actually a lot to actively do as a driver even beyond the basics.
Just to for the record, if your car can’t avoid a pothole, you shouldn’t be calling it any kind of self driving.
I’ll leave the attachment to logicbomb. Humans tune out unless they’re fully engaged. We’re easily distracted, even if our heads are up and eyes open.
And chances are, they weren’t. Because “full self driving” is marketed specifically as… you know… full self driving…