Ed, I wanted to thank you once again for letting me drive your leaf several years ago to get a feel for the car (this was around the same time that a colleague bought a Tesla Model S and since he knew I had an EV truck, he let me drive that a short trip as well. Nothing compares to a Tesla for sure, but the performance of a Leaf is plenty for me so I had no doubt saying "yes" when I had a good opportunity to buy one cheap.
I believe that the Tesla "auto-pilot" will actually complain if you take your hands off the wheel and not touch it for a while. Certainly as soon as the auto-pilot is not sure, it alarms the driver to take over again and I think there is no misunderstanding with anyone that the nut behind the wheel is responsible for the operation of the car at all times, no matter how much they would like to take a nap or be distracted for longer time. Driving on a clean and well-maintained freeway in good weather, that may actually be possible but it is the exception to the rule. You can disagree and the impression with some drivers may be that the car is self-driving, but plenty drivers have wrong impression about rules of the road anyway, that is why there are so many accidents. I can't commute without usually seeing at least one and sometimes several crashes, every day. And I commute only 11 miles! Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Blackmond via EV Sent: Friday, July 29, 2016 7:34 PM To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Fwd: EVLN: GM's 1st 200mi EV will launch as a driverless(autonomous) Lyft platform > On Jul 29, 2016, Cor van de Water wrote: > > I did not know you need to be a tech junkie > to understand and confirm the on-screen warning message > "You must keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times > and take over the driving as needed" > when you engage "autopilot”. > In response, > On Jul 29, 2016, Chris Tromley wrote: > > How often do you habitually click through dialog boxes on your way to > opening a computer application? (And how often has that caused a problem?) > Could it be that confirming the Tesla on-screen message becomes blind > habit after a few times? I do understand that we're in a transition here, > with cars becoming rolling computers. But perhaps it's worth re-examining > that user interface. The consequences of not paying attention aren't so > bad when you're launching a favorite feature in your entertainment system. > It's quite another matter when it applies to vehicle guidance. I’m going to have to agree with Chris Tromley here. If Cor van de Water’s quote of the Tesla on-screen message is accurate, the message is way too long. Very few people will ever read it. I’ve been driving my 2011 Nissan Leaf for 1 week less than five years now. Every time I power up the car, a message appears on the center console screen with the option to accept or cancel it. The car runs just fine if I do neither. I usually touch the cancel button when I notice it. A friend riding with me will usually touch the OK button. The car has just over 50,000 miles now and I doubt the message has ever been read. I consider graphically rendered buttons on a touch screen display too dangerous for an automotive interface. A physical button can be found and activated without taking my eyes off the road. A button on a touch screen display requires looking away from the road and at the screen to get my finger to the correct place. Ed _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
