"Still, "Full Self-Driving (Supervised) requires you to pay attention to the road and be ready to take over at all times," the manual states. "Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death." Now, however, new in-car messaging urges drivers who are drifting between lanes or feeling drowsy to turn on FSD—potentially confusing drivers, which experts claim could encourage them to use the feature in an unsafe way."
"Tesla did not respond to request for comment about this message, and WIRED has not been able to find this message appearing on a Tesla in-car screen. The problem, researchers say, is that moments of driver inattention are exactly when safety-minded driver assistance features should demand drivers get ultra-focused on the road—not suggest they depend on a developing system to compensate for their distraction or fatigue. At worst, such a prompt could lead to a crash."
Tesla launched its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature in beta in 2020 while the owner's manual states that cars using the feature cannot drive themselves and require drivers to pay attention and be ready to take over at all times. The driver assistance system handles many road tasks but the manual warns that failure to follow instructions could cause damage, serious injury, or death. New in-car messages encourage drivers experiencing lane drift or drowsiness to turn on FSD. Researchers warn that prompting use during inattention may encourage unsafe reliance, create conflicting instructions, and could increase crash risk.
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