Comment on Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker

• goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  @ExLisper @Hazen I use it on my Leaf. It just massively reduces the cognitive load involved in long drives and makes me feel more energised when I reach my destination. I leave my hands on the wheel (it gets arsey if you don’t).

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But it reduces the load because you don’t pay attention to the road? I know cruise control reduces the load because I don’t pay attention to my speed.

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    • goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      @ExLisper No. I’m paying attention to the road, because quite often it doesn’t cope with sharpish bends and you need to take over.

      It just reduces the driving load.

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      • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes but how? I’m genuinely curious. If you still have to pay attention to the turns and (I imagine) other cars what load is it taking over? I only have cruise control and I see not having to check my speed makes a big difference, I dong have to worry I’m going over the limit. But unless I can just ignore the road I dont see how self driving helps. Not having to steer on gentle turns really makes a difference?

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• Hazen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  On the highway, I haven’t had it fail or do anything weird in over 9mo. I watch the road, but keep my hands off. Daily commute, especially when there’s traffic, is much less of a mental burden. Local roads, I keep my hand a 3’ o’clock while on the armrest. Letting it do all the work makes driving better, it’s definitely more relaxing.

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    OK, makes sense. I will have to try it one day.

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