A look at Tesla's badly named 'full' 'self' driving product (FSD) from a specialist in self-driving cars finds it badly wanting. Full video included with sample ride.
Waymo's self-driving cars have now gone probably 8 million miles in Arizona without every being at fault in an accident. Of course, in that distance they have made many small mistakes, some matching what I am describing from my Tesla, and Waymo doesn't tell us about all of these. Even so, it's orders of magnitude fewer. My Tesla seems to not be able to go more than a few non-highway miles without making mistakes of various levels of severity....
Street Autopilot is much harder to make relaxing. The car is now making sharp turns and quick decisions. Other road users, including pedestrians are coming from all directions. You have to stay fully aware. When you drive yourself, you know your plan in advance, and you know when things are going according to your plan. With Street Autopilot, it's doing the planning so its moves can be a surprise to you.
Handing a basic right turn with great uncertainty, parking itself in the bike lane for a long period to judge oncoming traffic It also takes exits in a way that doesn’t match most human drivers, attempting to drive right down the center, which means it will turn later than a typical human driver, for a less smooth turn — and an issue for people supervising it in driver assist mode because they don’t know if they need to intervene. In driver assist you need to telegraph intentions better to keep the driver confident.
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