Tesla FSD passes water hose test

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cxTO8g47_k

by peterisza • 1 year ago

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outer_web• 1 year ago

That looks like a water hose test.

peterisza3• 1 year ago

Thanks, I changed the title

beardyw• 1 year ago

I still have bad memories of driving down a quiet, country lane in rural France, the type with banks on either side, with my wife and children. It was very dark and warm. Absolutely out of nowhere my windscreen was an explosion of water and I could see nothing. Luckily I stopped OK, and found it was an industrial scale watering hose rotating occasionally across the road. Scared me half to death.

jqpabc1232• 1 year ago

This test lacks realism.

Water of this scale does not typically fall out of a bright sunny sky. It is almost always associated with greatly decreased visibility --- sometimes even at night.

In the middle of such a downpour, most people aren't standing still like a dummy with their head, face and silhouette fully exposed to oncoming traffic.

Would the performance be better or worse in a more realistic scenario? I see no reason to expect anything but the latter. How much worse remains to be answered.

What this does show pretty clearly is the typical response when "triggered" --- slam on the brakes. There are reports of trash blowing across the road being a "trigger". Avoid following a Tesla if possible.

peterisza3• 1 year ago

This video is a reconstruction of Mark Rober's failed test that had a similar setup. However, Mark Rober only tested Autopilot which is just a lane keep assist from 7 years ago, and is a different software from FSD.

According to Tesla, FSD is the real deal, FSD is supposed to become unsupervised. Many Tesla owners were curious whether FSD would stop under the same simulated conditions, and this is why the setup is like this with the hose and everything.

jqpabc1232• 1 year ago

According to Tesla, FSD is the real deal, FSD is supposed to become unsupervised.

According to Tesla, FSD is an oxymoron --- it requires constant supervision.

In technical terms, what Tesla offers is Level 2 automation. Real "Full Self Driving" is Level 5.

https://www.extremetech.com/cars/the-5-levels-of-autonomous-...

https://www.jalopnik.com/elon-musk-tesla-self-driving-cars-a...

Tesla FSD passes water hose test

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