HFDA thoughts

[L-Dude]

I have been on the highway enough to sample HFDA. I have to say that it works pretty well. I also have to say I like driving the car myself rather than having the car drive me. Perhaps it is just because it gives me something to do. Maybe I am slightly wary of the HFDA capabilities. It could be that I just like driving this awesome car. At any rate, I was on the highway for two hours today and the only time I used HFDA was when I showed my grandson how it worked. (I still use advanced cruise control a lot.)

I was excited to get the capability, now I'm like meh.

How about you? How do feel about HFDA.

 

[DrK]

Have 10 years of whatever Tesla called FSD. For me this tech is most useful when traffic, fast or slow, demands that I frequently adjust both speed and lane position. Whether congestion from road obstructions, or areas with frequent random super high speedsters to roads with unpredictable geriatric drivers. It reduces fatigue. Nonetheless I supervise ( retired from a career of supervising one on one - so old hat) and never consider real multitasking. So most of the time I am the pilot.

One other comment on what I have experienced. Since I have always kept my hand on the wheel, the immediacy of disengaging the smart car by flicking a stalk with a finger while still holding the wheel with other fingers allows for much faster and easier initiation of human control than searching for an x button or a brake pedal.