Anyone else concerned about fog without radar?

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That won't do you any good. If you are following a car at constant distance that means you are going at the same speed and it will disappear from the screen!
If going the same speed, he will never catch up to it and thus is a tree falling in a forest with nobody around.

Plus, he will find the fishing spots.

(for those who are sticklers, aware this is not a fish finder)
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Now, the argument, 'I would like radar to augment human driving' has merit. Because we get complacent.

But Tesla doesn't like adding in components they're not using. And the visual sensors will provide all of that data for you, more accurately, than radar.

-Crissa

PS, yes, Tesla's cameras have some near IR capabilities. They have no problem seeing at night.
 

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I wonder if these instant experts go to their proctologist's office and argue with their proctologist about what finger is the most sensitive.
You are NOT tricking me into Googling "proctologist+finger". Just, no.

However, I reserve the right to question the experts providing me advice. With a little research I can at least ask intelligent questions.
 

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You are NOT tricking me into Googling "proctologist+finger". Just, no.

However, I reserve the right to question the experts providing me advice. With a little research I can at least ask intelligent questions.
Musk has answered this question more than once already.

 


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I've been driving with radar for over a decade, and even by itself its saved me by doing an emergancy brake at least 5-6 times. Most of the cases where actually with kangeroos, only twice with a car stopping in front of me.
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SO RooPORT then for 3rd party radar feed? Why not if Elon can feedextra cameras – its just I/O and clock synch.
 

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CyberGus said:
You are NOT tricking me into Googling "proctologist+finger". Just, no.


Musk has answered this question more than once already.
I've DM'd him repeatedly about which finger to stick in my ass, and he never responds
 

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Kangaroos? Really?? Well now you're just reinforcing the stereotype
On my 400mile trip I often see more roos than cars. At least they keep their fingers to themselves.
 

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Thanks for the link and I will certainly watch it sometime in the morning but gotta get kids down and call it a night. Lastly though, I would be plenty happy with radar that is not fused with the rest of the system. Just give me an audible tone when there is a traffic pile or dump truck ahead and let me decide if I want to brake or hit that dump truck.
You are trying to solve a different issue than Tesla is. As you mentioned:
Just give me an audible tone when there is a traffic pile or dump truck ahead and let me decide if I want to brake or hit that dump truck.
But Tesla is trying to optimize you completely out of the driver role. The point of FSD/Autopilot is to have the car make ALL those decisions. You might be watching out the window. You might even grab for the stress handle overhead. But in Tesla's vision, you won't be able to brake or swerve to avoid that dump truck. There very well might not even be a brake pedal or steering wheel.
 


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I've DM'd him repeatedly about which finger to stick in my ass, and he never responds
I'm pretty sure if Musk were a proctologist, he'd have a stainless steel finger that uses AI to figure out if your prostate is enlarged. Just pray it's not refrigerated.
 

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Maybe what we need is vision with thermal capability.

Straight-up this is Dog & Pony show. Teledyne‘s automobile technology isn’t ready yet. Its a device used to keep the door open for its next .mil-type customer to pay to take its IR to the next level integrating into autonomous vehicles. BUT as its salesman mentioned probably only able to do the HUD trick its already been trained, designed and built to perform.

Sandy Munroe knows more about the technology than the corporate representative it sent, which is on Teledyne.
 
 




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