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Originally Posted by Rockstar
After reading much of the media's expectations, I can see why people might think that. But the State doesn't test and license Autosteer to drive on its roads and Tesla never said Autosteer replaces a licensed human driver. A driver needs to read the owners manual not the latest headline to become aware of its limitations.
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Of course, but if you have to remain 100% alert for hours and hours, with your hands on the wheel and your feet hovering over the pedals, constantly prepared to immediately take over like it says in that manual then you might as well drive manually and save yourself all the tension.
This isn't like autopilot on an aircraft where your altitude gives you time to put down the book you were reading and take over. If you loose autosteer in a fast moving car that is say going around a curve, you'll have to respond instantly to the situation or you will be off the cliff before you can prevent it. That is going to require a degree of constant concentration that will be difficult to maintain for any length of time. Ask anyone who has ever pulled guard duty how hard it can be to just stand there doing absolutely nothing while waiting for something to happen that may not.
Autosteer is never going to be anything but an expensive and useless gadget without it being truly and dependably autonomous.