Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has recently admitted that the company will add additional constraints the autopilot system that is already in place in its self driving car. The announcement came during the recent communication on the quarterly results of the company. All this is done to prevent drivers from doing crazy things while the function is activated, which in the end can endanger their lives and other road users.
The restrictions were planned after a video showing some people turning on Autopilot on backroads and leads without putting their hands on the wheel. This is not what Autopilot intend to do first.
There is no further information on what the constraints are the company to put in the semi-autonomous driving system. However, it is easy to guess that they will put a highway only parameter and an algorithm to control how long the driver has removed their hands from steering wheels. If it is long enough then most likely there will be alerts to remind the driver to put her back on the wheel.
A reminder to all homeowners with Autopilot Model S have there, please keep at least one hand on the wheel and only activate the function on highway. Tesla Autopilot feature could be stable, but it is a system, there may be undetected problems, so therefore it's better to be safe.
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