Recent content by dtdtdt

You might be interested in a less data-intensive proposal: Adequate Self Driving. Basically, Tesla should allow you to add custom map overrides. Tesla already supports some of this when you set a route and the car downloads additional info about the route from the mother ship.

I’ve not had this issue, but I might have an explanation for part of it. My understanding is that if the car is not getting good results from the GPS, it uses dead reckoning to compute where it is. This is normally useful when going through a tunnel or other locations where you cannot get good...

I too miss the TACC mode of FSDb 11. As you point out, there are several use-cases for FSD without auto steering. As others have suggested, this probably got removed due to the confusion some people had when overriding FSD via the steering wheel left you in TACC mode. (I confess this happened to...

I suspect there is some confusion because there are two modes referred to on TMC as “TACC”. There is the TACC you can select directly from the Autopilot settings. This one does not handle stop signs or lights. The other TACC is the portion of FSD you used to be able to turn on with a single pull...

I’m not sure about the need for thousands of good examples. I have no machine learning training, but I read a paper referenced here a while ago that might be relevant. The paper was about correcting errors in LLMs ([2401.07526] Editing Arbitrary Propositions in LLMs without Subject Labels). The...

My observation is that it sometimes/often takes a long time to acknowledge a change in torque. More precisely, it sees the change in torque right away, but doesn’t cancel the blue pulsing until sometime later. So, you think the car didn’t notice your response and you try harder or in a different...

I’m not sure about this. In general, the length of the yellow is based on the speed limit. Higher speed gets longer yellow. There are some smart traffic light controllers around here that change the duration or order of the green lights, but I haven’t noticed any changes to the yellow durations.

What I remember, but could not find a reference, is that if you cannot fit into the marked turn lane, you must proceed straight and try again at the next intersection.

I wondered about this because, In CA, you can cross single white lines, however

This is consistent with what we have been told: Tesla uses one set of maps for the display, but different maps for driving. One feature I would like is the option to display the driving map, rather than the pretty map.

I got RCM_a056 after I left the car windows vented while it rained. The error went away once the inside dried out. Give it two weeks and see if the error goes away.

The California Drivers Handbook says: Driving in a roundabout: • Slow down as you approach the roundabout. • Yield to pedestrians and bicyclists crossing the roadway. • Watch for signs and/or pavement markings that guide or prohibit certain movements. • Enter the roundabout (heading to the...

FWIW, On at least some versions of MacOS, the auto reboot at the end of an update resets less than a normal reboot. So, I’ll continue my superstitious extra reboot after an install. :)

Is there any evidence Tesla currently monetizes the data they collect? Also, I think the people rating Tesla in the original post did not understand what Testa will do if you ask to be deactivated. My guess is that Tesla simply deactivates the cellular access associated with the car’s SIM, in...

My understanding, from what I have read here on TMC, is that there are still physical connections for the steering wheel and brake pedal. Thus, with enough force, the human could override the computer assists. I believe this changes for the CyberTruck, which is steer by wire.