~1800 miles one way - 36 hours (could've done it shorter but wasn't optimizing for time). I didn't keep track of disengagements, although I should go back and count. They were few and far in between. Biggest one was a small stretch of highway that the car couldn't do - construction + driving half in the breakdown lane, half in the right lane. For interventions, I intervened a lot on lane changes. The car was making safe decisions, it's just I didn't like what lane it was choosing to stay in.
Perfect! 44 seconds to show the world that FSD is real and viable, assuming you aren't a knucklehead and purposely operate FSD contrary to the terms and conditions agreed to by all FSD vehicle operators. With all the negative press Tesla gets about self-driving (FSD) most people think it doesn't work. But if you take the time to investigate and watch the RU-vid content made by FSD testers you quickly realize a couple of things. First, if you understand technology and what needs to happen to have a car stay in its lane unaided by the driver over the course of many miles, construction sites, etc you cannot but be amazed. Second, if we take it a step further and now ask the vehicle to navigate an intersection, watching traffic 360 degrees, edging out in preparation for making the left or right hand turn when traffic and pedestrians do not pose a threat, and then smoothly execute the turn and continue the route from point A to point B, your jaw should drop open. Yeah, there are still technical hardware and technical software issues to work on which cause things like phantom breaking, and not just for Tesla, but no one, and I mean no one else has the ability to have a car drive across country on all kinds of roads and in the city, as shown in this 44 second time lapse road trip of Texas to Connecticut. Yeah, some competitors can drive a highway that is precisely mapped, but Tesla doesn't require a road to be mapped to that extent, it just needs to know what roads to travel to get from point A to point B, and the roads need to be appropriately marked (center line, shoulder line, street signs) to eliminate confusion. Anyone who plays down the technical marvel of Tesla's FSD program either has never seen it or has no comprehension what it takes to program a vehicle and orchestrate its sensors to navigate any roadway in the world with little to no interventions by the driver. And we must always remember that every person who signs up for and is allowed to use FSD has agreed to all the safety requirements and driver responsibilities of the FSD program. You violate those terms at your own risk no differently than if you decide to use a table saw or other powerful piece of equipment with intentional disregard of the safe use practices. Nice job William!
