I can't remember FSD ever self-disengaging IME, but I'm not doubting your experience. The only times I had to manually disengage was because I thought it was being too hesitant, and I didn't want drivers following me to get irritated. I manually disengaged a few times when I first starting using FSD, but I found that if I was a little more patient, FSD didn't have to be disengaged after all - it was just a step more cautious than most humans. FSD missed an exit or two in the four months I used it, but the only other faults IME were way too slow negotiating stop signs, and it looked for longer gaps to merge into traffic than most humans would wait for - though if you goose the accelerator it would take smaller gaps (admittedly a driver shouldn't have to, but indicates gaps are easily solvable). Where you drive may have a lot to do with what various driver experience (guessing)?My own experiments with it over the past weeks have been less positive. While the technology is extremely impressive when it works, it often does not. FSD is constantly being disengaged - either self-disengaging or being manually disengaged by driver interventions - when it cannot handle specific situations. This disengagement is especially frequent in urban driving, making FSD basically unusable there in my own driving experience. It is better on the highway, but even then it is subject to regular disengagements. There is a need for driver supervision at a very high degree of vigilance to allow for quick interventions to avoid dangerous situations. I find this driving approach more stressful than being entirely in control by myself. No doubt future versions will be better, but for the type of driving I do and in this area, it is just not ready yet.
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