[HN Gopher] Tesla owners are using steering-wheel weights to dri...
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       Tesla owners are using steering-wheel weights to drive hands-free
        
       Author : bookofjoe
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2023-07-08 20:51 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | Kirby64 wrote:
       | This has been going on for a very, very long time. I remember
       | someone figured you could put one of those weighed medicine balls
       | in the crook of the steering wheel and it'd provide just enough
       | force to not nag you.
       | 
       | Pretty sure the FSD beta has improved the nag algorithm to do two
       | things: it checks the in car camera to see if you're looking
       | forward, and if not increases the nag frequency (likewise, nags
       | less frequently if it thinks you're looking forward) And it
       | changed the nag condition such that a constant down force isn't
       | considered valid.
       | 
       | Either way, this is clearly in the category of play stupid games
       | win stupid prizes... Not really Teslas job (or any car mfgs job)
       | to make their systems uncircumventable.
        
         | JoshGlazebrook wrote:
         | The more recent FSD software versions do try to detect these.
         | It will warn you about a "hands on defeat-device detected"
         | before locking you out. Not sure how it's determining this.
         | Likely the interior camera seeing both of your hands at some
         | point and the steering wheel still saying its detecting
         | pressure. Or maybe it detects the amount of pressure against
         | the wheel, and obviously a human would result in varying
         | amounts of force vs. probably a consistent amount of force if
         | its a weighted stationary object.
        
       | bookofjoe wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/5Uwj3
        
       | [deleted]
        
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