My car needs some A.I.

My Prime has never exhibited any of those behaviors.

 

Are you going hands free with LKA?

 

Yes but only during the times when I'm on the open freeway when it's not congested. I have also found when not using LKA, the car would sometimes want to make a minor correction but never to the right towards a ditch. Shadows and snow never seem to affect it.

 

Toyota and most (all) manufacturers are like that

 

You seem to be pushing the system beyond the claimed abilities. From the manual

I'd say it certainly works beyond those conditions, but they're absolutely not overstating what it can do.

 

Maybe what is needed is a bit more OI (Operator Intelligence?).

 

That sounds reasonable at first but certifying a self-learning system for a critical component like Level 2 autonomous driving, which demands the highest safety level (ASIL D), is extremely challenging and no one would take the risk in the first place.

Just imagine the system learning from "unsafe" driving behaviour...

Even if at some point learning could be introduced within safe parameters, Toyota would probably one of the last one

 

Thats nothing new though - especially when it comes to safety. And not just the safety of the driver but anyone participating around you as well - might be a child jumping in front of the car as well.

 

You sound dangerous. Glad you're not in Colorado

 

I don't think I'll live long enough to see an actual self-driving feature that can be fully trusted. I mean what's the point of using it if you can't trust it.

 

None of these are self driving. Just driver aids that ease the mental load most of the time. There are times they won't help, but I'm guessing most crashes with them stem from people treating them as self driving.

Actual self driving on all public roads and under all conditions is a hard problem. You might see it for limited applications. Ford's and GM's geofenced to highway systems are pretty close to it.

 

Youre not the only one driving in this world though.

Yea so far most systems are marketed as "assistance" co-existing with the driver that can be easily overwritten (unless edge or more safety relevant cases). Like in the Prius.
Only Tesla walks around with a different philosophy and partly wild (marketing) claims - and at least in Europe the "Autopilot" turns off right away if you give some manual steering input, eg for changing lanes.

 

What cars have driver assist systems that can't be turned off?
Traction and stability control are mandatory, and even those can be turned off in most cars.