self driving tech and night driving

[Anonymous]

My night vision isn't great and I avoid driving at night but sometimes it is unavoidable. Is the technology at a point where I should consider a car because it offers this?

[Anonymous]

No, that technology does not yet exist for general use. Tesla's Full Self Driving is the most advanced system currently available to the public but still requires an attentive and aware driver who can intervene in some conditions.

If you're unable to see well enough to drive yourself, you're unable to reliably intervene if the system fails for any reason. The current state of the technology is to relieve a capable driver from most of the burden of driving, but with that driver still maintaining responsibility for his/her own safety. Totally independent driving vehicles are not yet here, although some driverless autonomous taxis are undergoing limited testing. If they are successful, their technology may eventually become available more widely to people who want to buy and operate such vehicles and not just ride in them while paying on a per-ride basis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, that technology does not yet exist for general use. Tesla's Full Self Driving is the most advanced system currently available to the public but still requires an attentive and aware driver who can intervene in some conditions.

If you're unable to see well enough to drive yourself, you're unable to reliably intervene if the system fails for any reason. The current state of the technology is to relieve a capable driver from most of the burden of driving, but with that driver still maintaining responsibility for his/her own safety. Totally independent driving vehicles are not yet here, although some driverless autonomous taxis are undergoing limited testing. If they are successful, their technology may eventually become available more widely to people who want to buy and operate such vehicles and not just ride in them while paying on a per-ride basis.

This is not even remotely true, and I say this as someone who owns a Tesla with full self driving.

If I had to venture a guess I'd say Waymo is the most advanced but regardless Tesla's "full self driving" is a joke. It's laughably bad at absolutely everything except driving in a straight line on an interstate and even then you have to get ready for the possibility of it to slam on the brakes every time you go under an overpass. It constantly does incredibly stupid and dangerous things, and is completely unusable in a city.