According to Tesla, the latest version of Autopilot will now identify ways to trick the system, requiring the driver to take over steering of the vehicle, threatening to go offline for the rest of the trip if that doesn’t happen. And since the North American manufacturer implies that this new detection system uses existing sensors, using only specific software to detect abuse, this should mean that even older vehicles will be able to benefit from this update????????
Autopilot abuses are well known and it doesn’t always end well???????? Videos of drivers falling asleep at the wheel abound and some even seek more comfort by settling into the back seat, while entrusting the driving of their Tesla to a system that not designed to guarantee level 4 autonomous drivingthe first that does not require a human being behind the wheel.
Autopilot is a level 2 or, at the limit, level 2.5 driving assistance system. But it is particularly efficient, which leads certain drivers to abuse the type of driving assistance for which it has been designed. The internet is full of videos in which drivers manage to drive long distances on the highway by sleeping, reading, and even having sex on the road. Nevertheless, cases of users of other brands trying even the same illegal maneuver are not common (or even known).
According to the principle of operation of this system, as well as that of most of the competition, as soon as the Autopilot is activated, it is mandatory for the driver to place at least one hand on the wheel. And the steering wheel recognizes the presence of the hand by feeling the force applied by it. What happens is that many drivers, trying to avoid having to keep one hand on the wheel, replace it with something that remains stable and with the minimum weight. And anything goes, from a ring-shaped weight that wraps around the steering wheel arm and is held in place with magnets, to any object with a certain degree of flexibility, from an orange to a water bottle, squeezed between the steering wheel rim and one of the arms. horizontal
the funny thing is that these weights and oranges also allow other manufacturers’ level 2 (or 2.5) drive systems to be fooled, although there are no known cases in which the respective drivers risk taking a nap, reading or engaging in any type of less frequent activities in a moving car. This reality can be interpreted as proof that Autopilot offers superior performance.
Source: Observadora
