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Aren't you still supposed to keep your hands on the wheel while it's driving?
This is the main problem with "auto-driving" features right now. They work well enough that the driver stops paying attention to the road, but not well enough to be 100% accident free. This allows the auto manufacturers to point to distracted drivers as the cause.
We probably need something like an insurance fund paid for by the makers of the technology to handle the claims that come in. It would force the manufacturers to be a lot more cautious of rolling out these features.
My car beeps if my hand isn’t on the wheel after like 5 seconds and threatens to shut off the feature if you don’t get your bloody hand back on.
I tried it once, the car started beeping, then louder, louder, much louder, then started quickly biting the brakes in short intervals. After that I decided that I should let the car know I'm still alive.
But it should then put on the blinkers and slowly come to a stop.
It's not a Tesla though.
Teslas do this as well but it often takes more than 5 seconds…
Apparently the Tesla just smashes into a guard rail and kills you if you don't put your hands back on the wheel.
Yeah you can buy a device that bypasses this for $15 on alibaba.
Back in the day, a water bottle would defeat this. It's not a solution that actually viably works right now.
Do both hands have to be on or just one?