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Audio Al
23-10-2016, 08:27
:eek:
its here
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/videos/full-self-driving-hardware-all-tesla-cars?redirect=no
Impressive :eyebrows:
The Black Adder
23-10-2016, 08:33
Wasn't that the one that had a bad accident recently?... They must have fixed it now though.
Wasn't that the one that had a bad accident recently?... They must have fixed it now though.
It was being driven at the time and not on auto pilot 😉
One of their models does 0-60 in 3.2 secs
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 08:58
One of their models does 0-60 in 3.2 secs
I'm struggling to think of anywhere on the public highway you could actually do that legally in the UK.
I'm struggling to think of anywhere on the public highway you could actually do that legally in the UK.
Any road with national speed limit?
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 10:09
Any road with national speed limit?
Ah. You enter those moving, so no 0 mph start. Unless in a layby maybe.
Motorway slip road with traffic lights?
Stratmangler
23-10-2016, 10:54
Motorway slip road with traffic lights?
Get real!
If the lights are operating you're unlikely have the space to accelerate to 60mph, and if the traffic is crawling you'd also need the space to brake, possibly to a standstill.
Motorway is not an option.
Single carriageway country road is a possibility, but you'd need it to be straight and with excellent all round visibility.
Some dual carriageways would also be a possibility, with the same proviso as the single carriage road.
California is where a lot get tested. The operator has to have a special licence too. They are not fully automated, and often hand back control to the operator depending on conditions apparently, so you cannot just sit back n wach telly
Ali Tait
23-10-2016, 11:05
It's a pretty good start though, give it another few years and they'll have it sorted.
Very impressive.
I look forward to the day when I can drive to the pub and the car will get me home.
Ali Tait
23-10-2016, 13:59
LOL.
I'm struggling to think of anywhere on the public highway you could actually do that legally in the UK.
Any dual carriageway with traffic lights on.
You will be surprised at the number of places where you can do it legally.
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 15:25
Any dual carriageway with traffic lights on.
You will be surprised at the number of places where you can do it legally.
Name one.
Not sure why it has to be a dual carriageway, but I can't think of any A or B road with signals on a straight and not having a posted speed limit below 60 mph.
I can think of several on the approach to roundabouts, but not elsewhere.
It does not have to be straight to accelerate to 60 quickly.
Up here all A roads are 60 as well as most B roads, Motorways and Dual Carriageways are 70, I'm at a loss as to what you mean by doing this within legal limits ?
Our mini is 0-60 in under 7 seconds and I can do that quite easily around here :puzzled:
Our mini is 0-60 in under 7 seconds and I can do that quite easily around here :puzzled:
so is my car....if I drive it off a cliff :D
I'm struggling to think of anywhere on the public highway you could actually do that legally in the UK.
Sorry, Geoff, I don't get that. As long as you're on a road where a top speed of 60mph is permitted (dual-carriageways and motorways), it'll be legal. Therefore, how you get to 60mph doesn't matter, as long as you do it whilst observing the highway code, and safely :)
I've had 0-60mph in 4.5 secs from the Brabster...
As for roads you can do that on, well, here in North Wales that isn't a problem, as outside of 'rush hour' (which really doesn't amount to much) most major roads around here are quiet. I regularly accelerate very quickly up to 60 mph, on an uphill bit of slip road near me, before joining the A483 by-pass from Wrexham to Chester, where the speed limit is 70mph.
When I reach the top, I've already matched the speed of the oncoming traffic.... It's only down south, and around big cities, where you can't move! ;)
Marco.
It does not have to be straight to accelerate to 60 quickly.
Uphill is much more fun! ;)
I shouldn't imagine you have too many problems accelerating to that speed quickly where you are in France.....
Marco.
Think it was the legal opportunity to be at 0 and then get to 60 in that time on uk roads... not totally impossible but not going to happen often
It's honestly not a problem at all around here, Grant. I do it all the time. I'd also imagine, outside of rush hour, that you could leave your house and do the very same thing on the M8, barring any roadworks, etc. I did it last time I visited ;)
As for self-driving cars, I wouldn't take one if you paid me, as I love driving way too much for that. I wouldn't employ a chauffeur (should I have the necessary funds), either under any circumstances, other than when I wanted to go somewhere and have a drink.
Driving a nice car is way too much fun to give up to allow a computer to do for you! :exactly:
Marco.
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 17:48
Think it was the legal opportunity to be at 0 and then get to 60 in that time on uk roads... not totally impossible but not going to happen often
That's what I was getting at. I did say 'struggling to think' of where it could be done, not that it can't be done. You can't stop on any of the quicker roads I can think of around here unless you use a layby. Even the A30 has speed limits between 40 and 50 mph.
Anyway, here's a road where you can do it, on a bike like my old one no less, probably around 4 secs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2PCtHjR-Qo
No idea where this is though.
That's what I was getting at. I did say 'struggling to think' of where it could be done, not that it can't be done.
That's the point though Geoff, round here you aren't 'struggling to think' of where it could be done; you can do it easily. It's one of the reason why I own the type of car I do, as driving around here hasn't had all the fun sucked out of it yet with ridiculous legislation and overpopulation, unlike in London.
However, I appreciate where you're coming from :)
Marco.
But would you do it in front of the police? Probably not, coz they would find a law agin it ;) ...like a broken taillight :D
Course I'd do it in front of the police... If i'm doing nothing illegal, then there's nothing to worry about!
As for broken taillights, lol, you don't honestly think I'm the type of person who'd go out onto the road with something faulty like that? I pamper the Brabster in ways you couldn't even begin to imagine :D
Besides, the car's on-board computer would tell me about any lights that were out, as soon as I switched on the ignition... ;)
Marco.
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 18:43
I have to light the wick in my lights to go out at night. :eek:
Does it still have a starting handle? :D
Marco.
walpurgis
23-10-2016, 19:01
No. It has one to wind the spring up though and two loops on the front if you want to hitch the mule to it.:D
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