Edit: Why all the down votes. Go check out some of the videos. It works pretty well. Its a level 2 system so the user still needs to pay attention to the roads which is true with any lkas system out now days.
It's a less reliable version of the lane keeping systems that the automotive manufacturers already have and nothing close to the autonomous system that George Hotz was promising would be easy a few years back.
I also doubt automotive manufacturers want to deal with the drama around comma.ai and its publicity given they have a reputation to maintain as serious, safety conscious, organizations.
What they have now is a Devkit that is level 2, which they are using to iterate on, gather data, gather feedback, and will ultimately ship a much more complete consumer friendly product.
It's really the only option for hobbyists and enthusiasts to get self driving capabilities today without 50k+.
Do you have any evidence/studies for either of these statements?
> It's really the only option for hobbyists and enthusiasts to get self driving capabilities today without 50k+.
Right. It's not a serious automotive grade safety system.
Now do the same with Comma's Openpilot.
Instead, if you know more, share some of what you know so we can all learn something.
More specifically, I'm against anything less than L4 autonomous self driving cars.
For example, if people are going to text and drive, would you rather they have an intelligent L2 system that reliably keeps you in the lane and not crashing into the car in front of you, or just do as they are doing now?
I think there is much value in considering these systems as a better safety feature rather than fully autonomous.
Beyond safety, I think L2 accidents (which are already happening) will be VERY bad for the perception of autonomous driving in general, and will make it VERY hard on a regulatory level to get L4+ autonomous cars out on the road when they're finally ready.
The thing that changed for me while driving with both systems engaged is that my role changed from driving and continuously making small adjustments to stay centered in the lane and keeping the right distance. With the systems engaged, I was mostly monitoring that they work accurately. I don't have to bother continuously with most things, I can spend more time watching all surroundings to watch for anomalies / things the systems can't handle.
The end result for me at least felt a lot safer, and more relaxed. The systems felt very, very reliable.