I have the FSD beta on my Model X, and opted in to assertive not knowing that it enabled rolling stops. I enabled "assertive" in hopes of making the car less timid about unprotected turns.
Its frustrating that I paid $3000 for this 4+ years ago, and waited 4 years for the feature, and was made to drive overly gently (no hard cornering or braking) in order to get a good "safety score" for quite a while before I could even try it. The $3000 would have been much better off had I invested it in Tesla stock.
If this is where they are after 4 years, I don't hold out much hope.
They include:
- Driving too close to parked cars for comfort on un-laned side streets when there is no oncoming traffic. I personally like to leave enough room to avoid somebody opening their door into me, if I have the room.
- Leaving way too much space in front of the car at stoplights. This is a problem when it leads to blocking the entrance to left turn lanes, etc.
- Totally blowing through stop signs in parking lots.
- Freaking out and making me take over on a mildly tricky interstate interchange where 2 lanes narrow to one.
And I'm sure there are a million others that I'm forgetting about.
Are things really "progressing just fine" if the car is repeatedly putting itself into dangerous situations?
Edit: I suppose that one could make the argument that we didn't even have this kind of tech on the roads ten years ago, and sure, that's progress in one sense. But I wouldn't call it "just fine" by a long shot, nor would I dismiss these concerns as whininess.
It'd be ~$40,000 >.<
Could be worse. If the people who put a $50,000 down payment on a Roadster 2.0 the day they announced them had bought $TSLA instead, they would have enough money now to pay cash for TWO Roadsters and have enough money left over to add a Model S Plaid.
We have solid infrastructure so can’t speak to the potholes complaint. A few months back FSD beta started acknowledging speed bumps and taking them slowly so I’d imagine potholes are in the works.
I tweeted at Elon about the potholes.. let's hope something improves.