What do you do when you roll up to a stop sign? Do you come to a complete stop, or do you slow down to a crawl?
The latter is illegal in most places.
The company is playing fast and loose when it comes to the rules of the road, as evidenced by the fact that it is leaving the decision to its drivers when it comes to its self-driving software suite.
Users can now choose between three different profiles in the software, which was released back in October in a bid to let customers iron out the kinks on public roads.
The vehicle may perform rolling stops in the Average and Assertive profiles.
It is unclear if theTeslas are trained to not stop at stop signs. Rolling stops at yield signs are usually above board.
The vehicle in the Assertive profile will shorten its follow distance and perform more frequent speed lane changes, which is annoying to more responsible motorists.
The ambiguous setting is causing controversy.
Tech journalist David Zipper wrote that "Road Rage Mode" didn't fit on the screen.
It has been a long time since the safety regulators have been with the company. The company is being investigated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for allowing drivers to play video games while driving.
The carmaker is not a favorite among regulators. During an October interview with CNBC, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board laid down a gauntlet.
She said that it is not full self-driving unless the driver is actually driving the car. It is not full self-driving technology. It is misleading.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a formal investigation into the autopilot feature of the electric car manufacturer after a series of accidents in which the cars smashed into emergency response vehicles.
By this point, it is clear that Musk is attempting to push self-driving technologies and legal limits to the breaking point, and there are bound to be major stumbling blocks along the way.
Does that mean we have to allow cars to drive recklessly? The answer is a no.
There is anassertive driving mode that may perform rolling stops.
There is more on the forced recall of almost half a million cars.
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