I have a Tesla and I agree that it drives somewhat poorly compared to a Human ... when there's no surprises. Handling lanes and turns just moderately well, but not great.
However it frequently notices things before I do. Lane splitting motorcycles approaching for the rear for example. Or a car in front of me slowing down, but not using the brake lights.
It also does quite well when a car brakes in front of me, especially if it's a surprising slow down like on an onramp where I'm looking over my shoulder to merge.
So while I've not had an accident of any kind in over 25 years, I do appreciate the car noticing before I do.
So while I don't let the Tesla drive autonomously, I do feel like I'm a much safer driver with the active assistance from the car and that the Tesla (even with the same sensors) will continue to improve. Not sure if they will hit full autonmous on the current hardware, they might need another revision (to add CPU and better sensors) before they drive better than most humans.
I don't disagree that at times AP has been helpful to me. The sensors do pick up on things, and if you are actively paying attention and ready to take over at a moment's notice, it is probably a net positive. Though on average, for me, things like the forward collision warning tend to be more nuisance than help. Startling, and of the half dozen times it's activated for me, once was me needing to notice that traffic ahead and suddenly stopped, the rest are things like right-turning drivers that are way out of the way but the car panics about them. Even on 'late' mode.
The technology will certainly improve, however. Probably going to be quite a while, if ever, before I let it do all the driving, though :). At least partly because I enjoy driving.
However it frequently notices things before I do. Lane splitting motorcycles approaching for the rear for example. Or a car in front of me slowing down, but not using the brake lights.
It also does quite well when a car brakes in front of me, especially if it's a surprising slow down like on an onramp where I'm looking over my shoulder to merge.
So while I've not had an accident of any kind in over 25 years, I do appreciate the car noticing before I do.
So while I don't let the Tesla drive autonomously, I do feel like I'm a much safer driver with the active assistance from the car and that the Tesla (even with the same sensors) will continue to improve. Not sure if they will hit full autonmous on the current hardware, they might need another revision (to add CPU and better sensors) before they drive better than most humans.