I'd be more impressed by this if they had fixed the problem where the car crashes into barriers at lane divergences. Kind of a turn-off to the whole thing until that's fixed, to be honest. Frankly I don't understand how the company hasn't been buried in lawsuits for this.<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/9pkvy0/psa_v9_still_has_barrier_lust/?utm_content=comments&utm_medium=hot&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=teslamotors" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/9pkvy0/psa_v9_...</a>
> Navigate on Autopilot can be customized to a driver’s preferences, including four settings for speed-based lane changes (Disabled, Mild, Average, or Mad Max).<p>Mad Max is definitely a feature I want self-driving cars to have. </sarcasm>
Very impressive. However these autopilot features are getting subjectively less impressive as time goes on. I want a bit more 'wow'.<p>Autopilot is not so compelling if you live in Europe with 'analog' roads rather than the mix of well designed, nice and wide 'residential', 'street level' and 'interstate highway' roads that there are in the U.S.A.<p>Reminds me of Space Shuttle launches, at the start of the programme people would be transfixed for hours waiting to see what would happen, a couple of years later it was 'meh', no need to put the TV on. Even if there was a cool spacewalk some of the magic was lost, awe levels dropped from 10/10 to 7/10. Autopilot is a bit like that, kind of need to see it work going through the streets of Paris, Cairo or Bombay for it to be back in the realm of stunningly amazing.
> While initially the feature will require drivers to confirm lane changes [...], future versions of Navigate on Autopilot will allow customers to waive the confirmation requirement if they choose to.<p>So at least technology wise my dream becomes true: a car that takes care of the biggest and most boring part of long drives, the highways. Hopefully legislation will follow soon...
> In both of these scenarios, until truly driverless cars are validated and approved by regulators, drivers are responsible for and must remain in control of their car at all times.<p>This makes it sound like it's just a problem with evil legislators not making it legal for Tesla drivers to drive without paying attention.<p>Is this the case?