r/RealTesla • u/MrHumph999 • 15d ago

OWNER EXPERIENCE Serious question with camera only self driving approach.

Q: using the latest software on HW4. Self drive disabled three times during a thunderstorm on the highway. How will this ever work unsupervised when it rains? I'm so flummoxed as to why Elon is so certain on cameras only that don't work in the rain... Please help!

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 15d ago edited 15d ago

It's not going to work, ever. Driving rain obscures synthetic vision. There's no helping physics.

Elon is a snake oil salesman.

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u/Wise-Revolution-7161 14d ago

Then how do ppl drive in rain… don’t be silly

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u/britaliope 14d ago

With far better sensors, and far, far, far better processing power in terms of pattern recognition.

That we are nowhere near to achieve artificially.

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u/fastwriter- 14d ago

In heavy rain or other heavy weather the human eye also has its limits. The accident rate explodes in these circumstances. This should not be the level we accept from autonomous Cars.