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 9 months agoOut of curiosity, how do you use the self-driving? Do you pay attention to the road with your hands on the wheel in case it fails or do you just, I don’t know, look at the landscape? If you pay attention to the road what’s the benefit over cruise control?
Hazen@lemmy.world 9 months ago
ExLisper@linux.community 9 months ago
OK, makes sense. I will have to try it one day.
goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 9 months ago
ExLisper@linux.community 9 months 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.
goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org 9 months 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.
ExLisper@linux.community 9 months 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?