Ok, my opinion. I think one should look at the intent of the law
requiring a full stop at a stop sign. From what I learned, that is to
allow getting a full view of the intersection before proceeding. If you
don't come to a full stop, you might not notice a pedestrian starting to
cross. Or, if the cross traffic doesn't stop, you might miss an oncoming
vehicle.
So, for human drivers, a full stop makes sense.
In the future, good sensors and self-driving software should be able to
determine if a full stop is necessary. The software can look in all
directions at once and doesn't need nearly as much time as a human to
make a decision. If the view of cross traffic is blocked, it will need
to be ready to stop, but may not need to completely stop once at the
intersection. I can imagine that full stops and, perhaps, even stop
signs themselves will eventually become relics.
In the mean time, I think Tesla's should obey the law. Once Musk can
prove his vehicles don't have to fully stop, maybe he can lobby to get
laws changed.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Mark Grasser via EV" <[email protected]>
To: "'Electric Vehicle Discussion List'" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Mark Grasser" <[email protected]>; "'EV List Lackey'"
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Sent: 01-Feb-22 13:51:55
Subject: Re: [EVDL] tesla's sneaky rolling stops
But if you read how It works, it only does the rolling stop if no other cars
are at the intersection. So the question is this. If no one is in the forest
and a tree falls, does it make a sound?
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2022 1:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [EVDL] tesla's sneaky rolling stops
On 1 Feb 2022 at 17:36, paul dove via EV wrote:
Dangerous trend to me. Why should your car make you follow the law?
Would you really want your car to cause you to BREAK the law? Because
that's what Tesla's rolling stop is doing.
This "feature" hardly surprising from Elon Musk, who's demonstrated that he
doesn't think that laws apply to him.
David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey
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