We continue to be impressed with FSD V12.
+1. I'm impressed as well, though it's still not perfect. V12 is a little better than V11 in some ways, unchanged in others, but presumably V12 is learning day by day.
At least based on my 3+ months experience, I have no doubt FSD V12 can
safely take you from any location to another at least 99% of the time no matter what the circumstances.
The only clear areas for improvement to me are:
- While it handles traffic signals perfectly, including right turn on red, FSD is still just too cautious at stop signs. It stops on the line no matter what, then very slowly creeps forward, and waits for an excessively large gap to enter - at least on unprotected left turns. I am by no means an aggressive driver, FSD is more cautious with stop signs than any human, especially on unprotected left turns.
- It's overly cautious with pedestrians. Even a person standing next to the road who is clearly not going to cross gets a wide berth from FSD. A human driver can more easily tell when to be cautious around pedestrians.
- FSD is more conservative with yellow lights than humans.
- FSD is very good at reading and adjusting to speed limit changes, but it will get it wrong occasionally. It's a simple matter to override with the right scroll wheel, and I assume it will get better.
What FSD shows you quickely, is most humans don't follow the rules of the road to a "T" and right or wrong we have NHTSA and a skeptical public to thank for that. The stop sign and yellow light behaviors above are what we're supposed to do, but not what most humans do. Somewhat true re: pedestrians as well.
FSD V11 had no clue about potholes or speed bumps so you had to take control IME. There's evidence V12 is aware of (some) speed bumps, that's amazing.
I've let FSD drive through a couple construction zones, where lanes are totally reconfigured using cones, and drivers have to alternate and drive against the normal flow - and FSD has gotten that right each time. I have not been the lead car where a flag person was directing flow, I wonder how it would handle that? That is totally amazing to me.
Again if you stop and think about all the decisions FSD has to make, and knowing that road signs and markings aren't always as they should be, it's amazing how far Tesla FSD has come. I still don't know how they will handle night, pouring rain, snow or iced over roads (surely they have plans), but I don't doubt FSD will be at least 99% capable in fair weather.