> Navigate on Autopilot can be customized to a driver’s preferences, including four settings for speed-based lane changes (Disabled, Mild, Average, or Mad Max).
Mad Max is definitely a feature I want self-driving cars to have. </sarcasm>
Mad Max is definitely a feature I want self-driving cars to have. </sarcasm>
It’s one thing that the stereo goes to 11, that’s funny. But I’m not going to die if the stereo has a bug.
What's with all the pop culture references in this car? Is this the Ready Tesla One trim package?
https://forums.tesla.com/forum/forums/reason-why-radio-goes-...
Given how aggressively US DoT enforces safety regulations for vehicles you would have thought there would have been far more pushback, not just on truth in advertising but more importantly road safety for both SD vehicles and the people around them.
Presumably the bureaucrats are asleep and not paying attention, so there is no formal adherence to the levels of self driving that everyone except regulators seem to regularly quote (Toyota et al) https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/05/25/...
There are three modes for how aggressive to be with lane changes. A least aggressive mode, a most aggressive mode, and a middle setting. You can also turn it off completely.
Naming the highest setting Mad Max mode doesn't make that setting more dangerous -- it makes the average car less aggressive by discouraging people from selecting that option. Contrast that with if they called the options "drive super slow", "drive slow" and "normal" without changing the behavior of each setting.