FSD v14.1.7 saved my bacon today!

[CyberTexas]

I am not saying you did something wrong and I am truly glad the CT moved you over CyberTexas. But with the short clip it looks like you are going faster than most of the traffic and are in the right hand lane. I believe you 100% on your reply but if the other lanes are slowing down why not have the FSD also slow down as something is going on up ahead and you did note that by your explanation.

To me this is one of the weaknesses of FSD over a human driver. You as a human driver could see what is going on and would adjust I am sure. FSD does not use this human function and just waits till something happens when it is in it's camera range. Tell me if I am wrong please but I do not think FSD has the function to "think" like we do. You with your good eyes can see up ahead a good distance that something is causing traffic to slow down. Yet the CT just keep on going as it was programed to until something entered it's vision. To me that is a weakness in FSD and not sure if it could ever be overcome.

I am really glad you all like you CT's and if one of you gave me a test drive I am sure I would be impressed also but it is just to big for this older person no matter how nice it is.
Just please all, be safe, careful on the road and especially in real life. There are so many issues nowadays with the world and U.S. Let's try and be nice to each other if possible....

There were 4 lanes. Far left (passing) lane and my lane (far right) are NORMAL flowing speed. The two middle lanes had slow cars. There was no “something ahead”. No construction. No lane merges. My lane as far as i can see was clear. And you can see that the car in front of me in my lane was going fast as well.

If i was driving, then i would do exactly what FSD did. Remember, the offending truck BRAKED to swerve into my lane.

As for your last paragraoh, i have no idea what you’re talking about. This was real life. I was in STANDARD and if you understand that mode, then you know that it was NOT speeding. Far from it. How was my car not safe? Your detailed analysis is flawed.

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[ABILISK]

Some people believe in never passing on the right. I’m very much not one of those people. Pathetic people like middle and left lanes so they don’t have to merge with on-ramps. Then they sit there going the speed limit or slower. I’m not sitting there going your pathetic speed. I’ll pass on the right all day.

 

[BengalBoy]

Tell me if I am wrong please but I do not think FSD has the function to "think" like we do. You with your good eyes can see up ahead a good distance that something is causing traffic to slow down. Yet the CT just keep on going as it was programed to until something entered it's vision. To me that is a weakness in FSD and not sure if it could ever be overcome.

You are wrong.

"Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system operates and makes decisions in real time, using cameras to build a 3D model of its environment and AI algorithms to plan and execute driving maneuvers. The system continuously analyzes the surroundings to react to traffic, road conditions, and obstacles as they happen. "

"Tesla's FSD combines the strengths of all its cameras, using different viewpoints and sophisticated AI to understand the environment, which is a different approach to how humans "see" with two eyes. While human eyes have superior individual resolution and depth perception, the FSD system provides a constant, panoramic view without fatigue or distraction, and its cameras can capture detail in low-light conditions that humans cannot."

Google is your friend. If you don't own a CyberTruck or Tesla with FSD you should set up a test drive. It is a very fast approaching future of vehicle safety and transportation.

 

[Beetlebug62]

Passing on the left only works if you have slow drivers staying to the right. Since they don't, and prefer the middle lanes, you have normal speed drivers driving on the right, looking like they're passing, but they're not. They're just driving normally. It's the slow middle lane people who are not following the rules, ie stay to the right!

So, I went and looked at the video again and I noticed this:

In my state, we have to put a red/orange flag on the end. That is sticking way out. And, it's not even obvious how those two pipes are secured to the rack.

 

[jeniferkey]

3 years ago my Model 3 with FSD did a similar swerve, and once saved me by stopping on a dark road when it ‘saw’ a truck with no tail lights stopped to turn left ahead of me way before I could. The tech was great then and continues to improve. I’m sold.

 

[CyberGus]

I am sure you all will trash me but I also see the CT passing several cars (3 at least) via the right hand lane before reaching the truck in question in these video clips.

Some people believe in never passing on the right. I’m very much not one of those people. Pathetic people like middle and left lanes so they don’t have to merge with on-ramps. Then they sit there going the speed limit or slower. I’m not sitting there going your pathetic speed. I’ll pass on the right all day.

I frequent a highway with 3 travel lanes, and I usually sit in the middle lane because I'm not in enough of a hurry for the left lane, and leave the right lane open to allow merging from onramps.

When I see a vehicle approach from behind, it never fails that they move to the right lane to pass, rather than the left that is clear. My best guess is that the police radar is typically pointed at the fast lane

But yeah, it's typically illegal to pass on the right, but also illegal to obstruct traffic by failing to move over. So most humans pass on the right when needed, and FSD does, too.

 

[CyberGus]

How do you get the videos from the vehicle? I cannot figure it out.

From the viewer in the phone app, you can download saved clips but at a lower resolution. The full-res clips are on the USB thumbdrive in the glovebox, you can access it using a PC. Neither the cabin cam nor the bumper cam are recorded.

TeslaCam saves a 1-hour rolling stream. Short clips will be saved in an accident, when the horn is honked (if this option is enabled in Settings), or when the Sentry icon is tapped.

 

[Ken in Miami]

From the viewer in the phone app, you can download saved clips but at a lower resolution. The full-res clips are on the USB thumbdrive in the glovebox, you can access it using a PC. Neither the cabin cam nor the bumper cam are recorded.

TeslaCam saves a 1-hour rolling stream. Short clips will be saved in an accident, when the horn is honked (if this option is enabled in Settings), or when the Sentry icon is tapped.

so a clip would only be saved if he initiated the save by using the scroll button if car was set up that way correct? Since the vehicle pushing him off the road never made contact an incident never occurred that the truck would keep the recording unless you manually do it correct?
Reason I ask is I tried to find the recording of a vulture hitting my truck and a close call with a monster alligator but could not retrieve. ( I did not initiate the start of a recording) a dash cam would be a much better recording device. A regular dash cam in my other cars records nonstop and has been very helpful in the past.

 

[CyberTexas]

so a clip would only be saved if he initiated the save by using the scroll button if car was set up that way correct? Since the vehicle pushing him off the road never made contact an incident never occurred that the truck would keep the recording unless you manually do it correct?
Reason I ask is I tried to find the recording of a vulture hitting my truck and a close call with a monster alligator but could not retrieve. ( I did not initiate the start of a recording) a dash cam would be a much better recording device. A regular dash cam in my other cars records nonstop and has been very helpful in the past.

After the evasion maneuver, I honked the horn to make sure that the video gets saved. Drivers around me probably think that I am “slow”.

 

[Zane Edwards]

Thank you Tesla FSD for preventing an accident on the highway today!

Full FSD 14.1.7. No intervention by me. Never felt unsafe...it was my son and I in vehicle. Stable. FSD reacted quick!! I could barely process the truck about to hit me...and the next thing I know FSD already completed the evasion maneuver!

If I had full control, then I am not sure if I would have reacted in time...and my reaction may have led to other unexpected consequences, such as running into median barrier, forcing to take exit, etc.

I cannot tell you how proud I am of my purchase after today. My wife is so impress after showing her the videos.

GOOD JOB FSD! People can't drive

 

[Beetlebug62]

I frequent a highway with 3 travel lanes, and I usually sit in the middle lane because I'm not in enough of a hurry for the left lane, and leave the right lane open to allow merging from onramps.

When I see a vehicle approach from behind, it never fails that they move to the right lane to pass, rather than the left that is clear. My best guess is that the police radar is typically pointed at the fast lane

But yeah, it's typically illegal to pass on the right, but also illegal to obstruct traffic by failing to move over. So most humans pass on the right when needed, and FSD does, too.

If someone passed me on the right, that signals to me that they think I should be in the right lane, and shouldn't be dawdling in the middle. Whether true or not, that's my usual thought, so then I move over.

 

[Ken in Miami]

After the evasion maneuver, I honked the horn to make sure that the video gets saved. Drivers around me probably think that I am “slow”.

Now I understand. Thanks

 

[DoberManPin-Sure]

Any prohibition on passing on the right relates to use of the shoulder, not an active lane of the subject roadway. And, regardless of the OP’s speed, he had the right away. Unless he’s doing the speed of light, he’s visible. Max speed of 117 mph is fairly shy of that speed and his speed was by definition 85 or less (FSDs limit). Zero culpability on the OP’s part.

 

[CyberTexas]

Any prohibition on passing on the right relates to use of the shoulder, not an active lane of the subject roadway. And, regardless of the OP’s speed, he had the right away. Unless he’s doing the speed of light, he’s visible. Max speed of 117 mph is fairly shy of that speed and his speed was by definition 85 or less (FSDs limit). Zero culpability on the OP’s part.

Yeah, all the talk above is silly. I forgot the speed…maybe 65-70? That is usually where STANDARD sits at anyways.

 

[Kenneth K.]

Thank you Tesla FSD for preventing an accident on the highway today!

Full FSD 14.1.7. No intervention by me. Never felt unsafe...it was my son and I in vehicle. Stable. FSD reacted quick!! I could barely process the truck about to hit me...and the next thing I know FSD already completed the evasion maneuver!

If I had full control, then I am not sure if I would have reacted in time...and my reaction may have led to other unexpected consequences, such as running into median barrier, forcing to take exit, etc.

I cannot tell you how proud I am of my purchase after today. My wife is so impress after showing her the videos.

Bad drivers never miss their exit. report this incident and save more lives in the future.

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