Do you find yourself lacking trust when it comes to automated driving aids such as braking and steering systems? Do you think you can still out-perform a machine? Here’s a quick test you can take.
This simple simulation created by Select Car Leasing places you behind the wheel of a Tesla, and your only job is to react to a road hazard by pressing any key, clicking your mouse, or tapping the screen (if you’re on a mobile device).
Scroll down to begin playing immediately by clicking Begin Journey.
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Now, we should mention that Tesla hasn’t released any official information regarding the AEB system’s real world reaction times, so this game is more of a “best guess” type of thing.
However, its makers did “carefully select 10 viral clips of the AEB in action, slowed each clip down and analyzed how fast the Tesla was to react to the hazard on a frame by frame basis.”
“Our research showed the average time of the AEB in those clips was 0.3 seconds, that’s faster than it takes Usain Bolt to run 11m, a sky diver to fall 40m and an indicator to flash.”
What we think
The game isn’t exactly addictive, nor is it as precise as we would have liked it to be. However, it was enjoyable to play for a “couple of rounds.” It’s also possible to react faster than 0.3 seconds if you’re truly focused on the image you know is about to appear up ahead. Here’s proof of that:
The thing is, focusing on something dead-ahead isn’t realistic because that’s not how we drive. In order to be 16 milliseconds faster than AEB we had to persistently stare ahead for multiple seconds, completely ignoring the car’s nearby surroundings. If you did that in the real world, you’d get into all sorts of trouble.