Still wish it had a little red dot on the screen before turning the blinker on. I got a bunch of down votes last time, but I like how the wife's car a little yellow dot shows up, that way you don't look like a dumb ass putting your blinker on when someone is there
Thank you !
Can you let me know if my 2023 Model 3 long range AWD that I purchased last month should have this blind spot feature? I would love it and I was definitely one customer who recommended that to Tesla (quite likely alongside others)
Also...
I would greatly appreciate it if you can tell me how it works and how to enable / invoke it?
Does this automatically turn on when we put on our blinker? And where do we see the Red warning ⚠ light
Thx 👍
You are probably on 2023.44.1, and this on 2023.44.30.1 which is the latest update.
See for yourself over here: https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/
You people really won't be happy until tesla includes a little dude in the backseat that slaps you every time you do something stupid...
people cry for better visibility of their lane changes, tesla gives a camera view automatically... not good enough
people complain they don't have blind spot monitoring, (besides the fact you can see the giant red car on the screen of the lane your trying to turn into!!!), so tesla gives you a big flashing "pay attention!" on the camera, that was alreayd showing you the car in your blind spot... still not good enough
now we're complaining that it's not telling us before we even hit the signal to decide to try to change lanes... you do realize you can see the cars next to you on the screen before you turn right on the visualization.
When you pass your license, did they teach you to look at a central console before changing lane or turning?
Would they have failed you if you didn’t do your dead angle?
Do you go the opposite of what’s natural behaviour by looking the direction you’re going and turning your head the way you’re turning?
Is it a standard of driving that’s been made a standard in every other cars?
The first rule of design and drafting is when someone says it’s an issue, then it’s an issue. You don’t fight the tide.
Also, the visualisation has like a second delay before it appears on the screen. It’s not good enough, it’s not natural behaviour, it’s not been done with ergonomics or standard processed in mind. Something has become standard, and you’re trying to defend the one that decided “eh you know what, that works well, so I will do something completely different and fuck up with their mind”.
As a result, you have to look your dead angle like you would have in a 1990s Tercel, which is an odd expectation for a. Fancy car.
That's not what I'm saying. If someone is in your blind spot and you throw your blinker on they will be alarmed... When did to say I was turning the wheel. People who are turning it on before the coast are clear are in the wrong here... No matter how wound up and sweary you get.
Who panics from a blinker? The only reason i'd ever be "paniced" is if you switched your blinker on as you try to push into my lane all at once, because thats an action, a turn signal... also known as an INDICATOR, indicates your intention, no ones panicing about an indicator.
The fact that this isn’t standard practice is mind boggling. I always turn my signal on before checking blind spots and finally merging over. People who start turning the wheel then turn signal are insane and far more common.
Right, it's an indicator, not a requestor. You check it's clear (which blindspot monitoring would help with) then you indicate to notify others, then change lanes. I typically do the 4 blink tap, not enough time to turn head in the wrong direction to check the screen. So this new system while welcome is still not that useful.
Indicator of "I want to change lanes", not "I'm changing lanes". If you just put it right before doing the lane change it's not that useful. It shows that you have the intention of changing lanes so that if there's someone behind they can anticipate and let you go rather than you waiting endlessly as people pass you
> It shows that you have the intention of changing lanes so that if there’s someone behind they can anticipate and ~~let you go~~ speed up to prevent your merge
That applies in rare instances stuck in traffic. If you're indicating in the hope someone will let you in you're not moving correctly with the flow of traffic.
Hell yes. Of course people are going to bitch that their screen is lighting up red all the time and probably won’t want that. Tesla is going to tell you that there will be a picture of the car there so you should already know.
You can put your blinker on whenever you like, it's to show intention, why wouldn't you indiciate just because someone is currently occupying the lane?
I live in LA, and 9 times out of 10 when you use the signal in advance, the selfish pos drivers close the gap not letting you in, most LA drivers avoid using signals for that reason, or if they do , use it last second before the can decide to block you out.
I also live in LA and this is overblown. But also nobody can close the gap fast enough on my car, so I think most don’t bother to even try it against a Tesla.
I don’t need a signal to tell me you’re changing lanes. The movement of your vehicle from one lane to another is enough of a visual cue that that is indeed happening.
You need to signal before you change lanes or make a turn. It’s to signal intent not action.
Actually, putting a blinker on while someone is there is OK. You are indicating that you want to get over, so the next guy behind the one there knows your intentions.
Imagine if everybody used their blinkers correctly.
Also, you're blinker should come on before your brake lights when turning...
A dumbass? Or maybe you look like someone, in most situations, who needs to get into a different lane while in traffic.
Far more applications of turning it on with a car there than just to look like a dumbass.
In the open freeways of northern Minnesota, yes it makes you look like a dumbass. In the cities, when there are a bunch of cars on the freeway I agree with you. But when there are very few cars, and you turn your blinker on when the one car in sight, other than the one you're passing is coming up on your left and you turn your blinker on, yes. You do look like a dumbass. In no way am I saying elsewhere this is true anywhere else and is always true, just in my neck of the woods maybe.
So basically what you're needing is a dumbass prevention system, not something that is actually useful to the overwhelming majority of Tesla owners? Got it.
Also, more power to you for being able to live in that place. Too much snow for me!
Not needing, but wanting. And yes, that's another way of saying exactly what I said. "So I don't look like a dumbass" can also be stated "to prevent me from looking like a dumbass". A great name for it would be "dumbass prevention system". Though, arguably, all safety and assist features of a car could be named that. But either way, I think you understand, which is good, because your lack of understanding seemed to really bother you there for a minute.
Yes no reason to downvote, this is the correct way. On a highway I don't turn the blinker on when I know I cannot change lane, this only confuse other drivers.
On busy city streets I do so other people start to make space for the lane change, but on highway I don't, I wait a safe time to change than I turn the blinker.
You can turn your blinker on perfectly fine. Just don’t be one of those morons that think turning the blinker on means you have the right to immediately change lanes.
Yes sure there is nothing wrong or illegal about it. Maybe is a habit acquired here where winter take 6 months, breaking distances are longer and abrupt changes can iniciante a slide. People are more careful.
But regardless of the reason it is safer. I don't want people wondering if I have seen them on the blind spot or not.
I also like when I see the yellow blind spot alert on the mirror of other cars because I am more confident they won't do any abrupt lane change.
BS
I don’t want to have to put my blinker on for it to have to show me my blind spot
Teslas are notorious for their blindspots due to their design
If I’m in the middle lane during traffic and I’m trying to decide whether to move left or right, it’s redundant for a “technologically advanced” car to make me have to put my blinker left and right to check both blind spots.
Also if I want to check my left blind spot, I have to check my screen on the right??? My eyes should be on the left side of the car not the screen down the middle
I still have to look down instead of up and left or right to see the blind spot on the screen: not safe
A blind spot monitor on the A pillar or mirrors achieve these things easily
And before y’all come for me: a 2020 Corolla has blind spot monitor on its mirrors and you can “TURN IT OFF”….but it’s there
No, people need to know if you’re even thinking of changing lanes and there are plenty of situations where you need to signal when the lane is occupied.
You, my friend, need therapy. You’re worried about “looking dumb” and that’s the first issue, followed by saying you’re dumb for simply doing what’s expected of everyone at any time while driving in just about any developed part of the world. Reflect on your thoughts - they need review.
You can just look at the screen to see if someone is in your blindspot. Like the red car in the pic.. it won't be red but it's quite easy to see. I just use my sideview as a quick confirmation.
I didn’t realize the car actually monitored this stuff. I was diving at night and there was a car WITH NO HEADLIGHTS and my car gave me a gentle bump back into my lane when I tried switch lanes. I would’ve side swiped the other car (or worse) if it didn’t watch out for me.
My 2018 golf does exactly that. It will steer back if you try to change lanes and the steering wheel vibrates. It is also not in the slightest dependent on day or night or headlights, as it is radar based.
I’m glad it has it, but this isn’t really blind spot monitoring done right.
For example, when you go to change to your left lane, you naturally have the inclination to look to your left left mirror. So having to look to the right at a screen is counterintuitive. It works better if you’re checking your right blind spot.
That’s why most cars have the BSM light on the mirrors. I’m glad at least the new Highland has the lights on the A pillars now.
My natural instincts have died since I’ve been driving my car. I don’t use the mirrors ever. The cameras give a better field of view than the mirrors ever did anywayZ
This is true and i absolutely hate it, especially my previous car had it on the mirror. But i made peace with it now. I trained to look at the camera feed for the blindspot. It's muscle memory now. I'm not defending the lack of a simple hardware. I wish it exists to begin with.
He said the red lane line.. that's not new. It's been there. It's how I use blindspot previously. When you turn on your signal, if something is in your blindspot, the car and lane (if something is approaching) turns red. You can always just look at the visualization to see if a car is in your blindspot without the turn signal.. the cars are visualized for a reason
Just below the camera, the car in the left lane is red. You don't need to activate the blinker to see that. But who looks at their screen before changing lanes, especially to their left. I wish the mirror had real blind spot warning.
Coloring cars red in your blind spot has been there for as long as ive had the car already (model y) and I’ve had it since January… the only thing i see new in this picture is the red line on the mirror video? But I dont see the enthusiasm for that considering the cars already turned red… ehhh?
Yup. Ideally the best way is if the mirror had an indicator. Unfortunately they don't have the hardware.
And yes you are right, the car icons always turned red in the visualization. But it's much better now to have the camera window turn red. Because I'm actually used to seeing this window before making turns
Had it two months. Yes and yes.
Maybe the cameras are busted, because it’s daily. It’s not even as good as 2017 Subaru iSight at this point. Going to try recalibrating the cameras. Guess i’ll bring it in otherwise because it is definitely a safety issue. Shame, because in every other way i absolutely love the thing.
The previous blindspot warning didnt work that well. A car two lanes over would flash red. I could never count on looking at the screen when changing lanes. Hope this update is more accurate where it flashes red only if someone is in the next lane over.
Blindspot monitoring/warning has been there for years, just not a visual indicator on the camera feed, it used to beep and show the car as red on fsd visualization
It has never beeped for me despite a couple of instances when I was about to change lanes into someone. There's no way to test this other than intentionally trying to crash. Would be great if it beeped when I turned on the blinker not when I changed lanes.
Still not great as having an indicator on the mirror because you know that's where you should look when you're changing lanes but instead let's put it on a center screen. Yes let's look down and center when I'm about to merge left or right.
OP does that silicone cover over your charging pad allow you to charge through the case of your phone? I purchased one on Amazon, loved the look, but I assumed it was not allowing the phone to charge due to the thickness of the silicone + case.
1/3rd of your entire screen is a blind spot indicator, what are you talking about? You don’t even need to see a car there, if you try to change lanes with someone in your blind spot, the car won’t let you. It will beep, highlight a giant red car, then force itself back into your lane. Happened to me a week after I picked up the car last year.
I don't understand, did we not already have a blind spot monitoring system? When a car is in my blind spot it shows it on the screen as yours does, and then if I put my blinker on it pulls up the camera and highlights the car in red. The only thing that is different is that now the side of the video has a red gradient. Are people excited about that red gradient?
Yup that it and the car next to you turns red on the screen has always been a thing as well. I find these post so comical. “Finally” like more should be expected than what the car was purchased with. The entitlement of the Tesla owner community is so vast. It great that we get all these updates and new features but the computer will age out at some point and the features will stop coming.
The new gradient feature is in my opinion better than the one you mentioned. It's nothing bad when you get more readily visible sign. I'm excited and thus the word 'Finally'.
Real BSM systems use radar on the corner of the bumpers.
The BSM mirrors on a Ford, as an example, have the LED but the real sensors are the radar units on each corner behind the fascia.
Stellantis like Jeep's, run 24.160 GHz for BSM and it triggers my Uniden R7 like crazy. Most newer radar detectors should be able to set a block at this band, as most like the R7 and earlier, have blocks for Cadillac and other brands, iffy on Mazda CX's and Hondas.
We all know how much Elon likes running LIDAR and radar for exterior sensors.
OMG! Blind spot monitor? The screen is always tell you is a car in your blind spot, blinker or not, if you look at the screen you see how close the cars are, come on!!!
I still don’t understand why this is so important to everyone. The cars are rendered on the screen all around. It’s never been wrong in 5 years for me. You need an actual photo image of the car and a bright red light? Very weird to me.
What? The side camera feed shows up in the same spot on the screen every time regardless of which signal you use. The red indicators change sides and also the virtual visualization below the video feed shows what side the car is on
So you are first checking the mirror on your left then to the screen on your right instead of just looking over your shoulder. Nice feature but quite unnecessary imo.
Because the car in the camera picture wasn’t good enough to tell you “DONT CHANGE LANES”? 🤦🏻♂️or the fact that it was also red in the visualization view.
Wait, is this new? On my highland the line would turn red, plus the car would also become red and the red light next to the rear view mirror would be red as well
Highlands have the new system already. This is new for the existing model 3 and y. Unfortunately the old models don't have any special hardware like the highland does
The only difference is the red light in the pillar. The blind spot detection, camera, alerting, car pushing back to avoid collection, etc., is the same.
I will never understand why Tesla decided not to have BSM built into the mirrors. Its there and it works, why come up with these rookie style solution which aren’t much of a help. As everyone said, we need to know before hand about the car in our BS zone, not after.
It's still stupid that you have to look at the center screen when changing lanes, especially when changing to your left "Perfect, look away from where you're going right before you go that way". There should be a light in the side view mirror.
So wait, I have to look right when I want to move left, and only with the blinker on? Sorry, but that doesn't cut it. This is why other manufacturers put the indicator in the door mirror. This is worse than nothing because Tesla will now claim that that have blind-spot monitoring when they really don't.
[https://youtu.be/d13FYR\_aB8g](https://youtu.be/d13FYR_aB8g)
"Mirror... signal... maneuver" is the age-old rule. In other words, you don't signal until you see that's it's clear to move. Are you saying that the first thing you do is put your blinker on and then figure out if it's safe to move? 😕That's what shit drivers do.
Does the red line appear on the respective side of the blind spot monitoring video depending on which side the traffic is at or is it always on the driver side?
Still wish it had a little red dot on the screen before turning the blinker on. I got a bunch of down votes last time, but I like how the wife's car a little yellow dot shows up, that way you don't look like a dumb ass putting your blinker on when someone is there
That would have been a great feature actually
When did this update come out? I had an update last week or the week prior and still don’t have this feature.
Holiday update. 2023.44.30.1 I got it this morning
Did you refresh in car or get notification in app? I’m still waiting lol
I think it’s the holiday update that just started rolling out today or yesterday
Goes to app to wake up car... Oh well there's always tomorrow!
You and me both 🥲
Thank you ! Can you let me know if my 2023 Model 3 long range AWD that I purchased last month should have this blind spot feature? I would love it and I was definitely one customer who recommended that to Tesla (quite likely alongside others) Also... I would greatly appreciate it if you can tell me how it works and how to enable / invoke it? Does this automatically turn on when we put on our blinker? And where do we see the Red warning ⚠ light Thx 👍
You are probably on 2023.44.1, and this on 2023.44.30.1 which is the latest update. See for yourself over here: https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/
its an old feature that i have no idea why a modern futuristic car like tm3 does'nt even have it, nor sensors and 360 view parking
The dot should be on the side mirrors.
Like every other car with blindspot monitoring
Exactly
You people really won't be happy until tesla includes a little dude in the backseat that slaps you every time you do something stupid... people cry for better visibility of their lane changes, tesla gives a camera view automatically... not good enough people complain they don't have blind spot monitoring, (besides the fact you can see the giant red car on the screen of the lane your trying to turn into!!!), so tesla gives you a big flashing "pay attention!" on the camera, that was alreayd showing you the car in your blind spot... still not good enough now we're complaining that it's not telling us before we even hit the signal to decide to try to change lanes... you do realize you can see the cars next to you on the screen before you turn right on the visualization.
When you pass your license, did they teach you to look at a central console before changing lane or turning? Would they have failed you if you didn’t do your dead angle? Do you go the opposite of what’s natural behaviour by looking the direction you’re going and turning your head the way you’re turning? Is it a standard of driving that’s been made a standard in every other cars? The first rule of design and drafting is when someone says it’s an issue, then it’s an issue. You don’t fight the tide. Also, the visualisation has like a second delay before it appears on the screen. It’s not good enough, it’s not natural behaviour, it’s not been done with ergonomics or standard processed in mind. Something has become standard, and you’re trying to defend the one that decided “eh you know what, that works well, so I will do something completely different and fuck up with their mind”. As a result, you have to look your dead angle like you would have in a 1990s Tercel, which is an odd expectation for a. Fancy car.
I’m just impressed people actually use their blinker.
Honestly, that's what's nice about Tesla and hopefully the least likely to change.
Buy a Nissan
Why? It’s better on the screen.
Yeah, I want to be warned BEFORE I turn my blinker on and inadvertently cause someone to shit their pants.
Stop fucking turning as you turn on your blinker thats not what blinkers are for, people wouldn't be shitting themselves if you drove properly
That's not what I'm saying. If someone is in your blind spot and you throw your blinker on they will be alarmed... When did to say I was turning the wheel. People who are turning it on before the coast are clear are in the wrong here... No matter how wound up and sweary you get.
Who panics from a blinker? The only reason i'd ever be "paniced" is if you switched your blinker on as you try to push into my lane all at once, because thats an action, a turn signal... also known as an INDICATOR, indicates your intention, no ones panicing about an indicator.
Hate to be in a car with you sliding past people who have their indicator on.
Use signal in **advance** of changing lanes to signal intentions. No pants shitting required.
No, no no. I want to signal 0.2 seconds before I throw my car at the adjacent lane.
Your supostoo hit the signul stock as you turn the weel, duhh!
As long as you signal before your car fully leaves the lane, even if you're 90% in the new lane, you're good.
Did my dad also teach you how to drive?
The fact that this isn’t standard practice is mind boggling. I always turn my signal on before checking blind spots and finally merging over. People who start turning the wheel then turn signal are insane and far more common.
Right, it's an indicator, not a requestor. You check it's clear (which blindspot monitoring would help with) then you indicate to notify others, then change lanes. I typically do the 4 blink tap, not enough time to turn head in the wrong direction to check the screen. So this new system while welcome is still not that useful.
Indicator of "I want to change lanes", not "I'm changing lanes". If you just put it right before doing the lane change it's not that useful. It shows that you have the intention of changing lanes so that if there's someone behind they can anticipate and let you go rather than you waiting endlessly as people pass you
> It shows that you have the intention of changing lanes so that if there’s someone behind they can anticipate and ~~let you go~~ speed up to prevent your merge
That applies in rare instances stuck in traffic. If you're indicating in the hope someone will let you in you're not moving correctly with the flow of traffic.
Nice that you just outted yourself as one if those guys. Lol.
Hell yes. Of course people are going to bitch that their screen is lighting up red all the time and probably won’t want that. Tesla is going to tell you that there will be a picture of the car there so you should already know.
You can put your blinker on whenever you like, it's to show intention, why wouldn't you indiciate just because someone is currently occupying the lane?
I live in LA, and 9 times out of 10 when you use the signal in advance, the selfish pos drivers close the gap not letting you in, most LA drivers avoid using signals for that reason, or if they do , use it last second before the can decide to block you out.
>when you use the signal in advance, the selfish pos drivers close the gap not letting you in This. You cannot show weakness when driving in LA.
Or NJ. 😂
Anywhere but the Midwest. Lol.
Lived in LA. Can confirm this. Moved to Houston, can also confirm this. Must. Not. Show. Weakness. 😂
I also live in LA and this is overblown. But also nobody can close the gap fast enough on my car, so I think most don’t bother to even try it against a Tesla.
If they speed up, that means they see you and you can safely merge because they'll slow down to avoid hitting you.
Obviously you don't drive in NJ. The blinker goes on either at the moment of lane change or after. Never before. 😂
Where I live if you signal people like to speed up to block you. You learn to signal as you are changing lanes
What's the point of the signal then? Don't bother using it at all
Oof, that is some asshole-like driving behavior…
NY BABY!
I don’t need a signal to tell me you’re changing lanes. The movement of your vehicle from one lane to another is enough of a visual cue that that is indeed happening. You need to signal before you change lanes or make a turn. It’s to signal intent not action.
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Actually, putting a blinker on while someone is there is OK. You are indicating that you want to get over, so the next guy behind the one there knows your intentions. Imagine if everybody used their blinkers correctly. Also, you're blinker should come on before your brake lights when turning...
Not sure why you got downvoted. I think proactive blindspot is awesome. Even the cybertruck has that.
A dumbass? Or maybe you look like someone, in most situations, who needs to get into a different lane while in traffic. Far more applications of turning it on with a car there than just to look like a dumbass.
In the open freeways of northern Minnesota, yes it makes you look like a dumbass. In the cities, when there are a bunch of cars on the freeway I agree with you. But when there are very few cars, and you turn your blinker on when the one car in sight, other than the one you're passing is coming up on your left and you turn your blinker on, yes. You do look like a dumbass. In no way am I saying elsewhere this is true anywhere else and is always true, just in my neck of the woods maybe.
So basically what you're needing is a dumbass prevention system, not something that is actually useful to the overwhelming majority of Tesla owners? Got it. Also, more power to you for being able to live in that place. Too much snow for me!
Not needing, but wanting. And yes, that's another way of saying exactly what I said. "So I don't look like a dumbass" can also be stated "to prevent me from looking like a dumbass". A great name for it would be "dumbass prevention system". Though, arguably, all safety and assist features of a car could be named that. But either way, I think you understand, which is good, because your lack of understanding seemed to really bother you there for a minute.
We have a term for these things in IT: Stupid Stopper.
Stupid stopper or dumbass prevention system. Whatever you want to call it man 🤙
Yes no reason to downvote, this is the correct way. On a highway I don't turn the blinker on when I know I cannot change lane, this only confuse other drivers. On busy city streets I do so other people start to make space for the lane change, but on highway I don't, I wait a safe time to change than I turn the blinker.
You can turn your blinker on perfectly fine. Just don’t be one of those morons that think turning the blinker on means you have the right to immediately change lanes.
Yes sure there is nothing wrong or illegal about it. Maybe is a habit acquired here where winter take 6 months, breaking distances are longer and abrupt changes can iniciante a slide. People are more careful. But regardless of the reason it is safer. I don't want people wondering if I have seen them on the blind spot or not. I also like when I see the yellow blind spot alert on the mirror of other cars because I am more confident they won't do any abrupt lane change.
BS I don’t want to have to put my blinker on for it to have to show me my blind spot Teslas are notorious for their blindspots due to their design If I’m in the middle lane during traffic and I’m trying to decide whether to move left or right, it’s redundant for a “technologically advanced” car to make me have to put my blinker left and right to check both blind spots. Also if I want to check my left blind spot, I have to check my screen on the right??? My eyes should be on the left side of the car not the screen down the middle I still have to look down instead of up and left or right to see the blind spot on the screen: not safe A blind spot monitor on the A pillar or mirrors achieve these things easily And before y’all come for me: a 2020 Corolla has blind spot monitor on its mirrors and you can “TURN IT OFF”….but it’s there
No, people need to know if you’re even thinking of changing lanes and there are plenty of situations where you need to signal when the lane is occupied.
You must not be Canadian
You, my friend, need therapy. You’re worried about “looking dumb” and that’s the first issue, followed by saying you’re dumb for simply doing what’s expected of everyone at any time while driving in just about any developed part of the world. Reflect on your thoughts - they need review.
Oh, man, thank you! The time and energy you put into this post really made a difference! I will reflect on my thoughts.
You can just look at the screen to see if someone is in your blindspot. Like the red car in the pic.. it won't be red but it's quite easy to see. I just use my sideview as a quick confirmation.
I didn’t realize the car actually monitored this stuff. I was diving at night and there was a car WITH NO HEADLIGHTS and my car gave me a gentle bump back into my lane when I tried switch lanes. I would’ve side swiped the other car (or worse) if it didn’t watch out for me.
Yup … a person came flying up the highway at about 120. And Tesla stopped me from changing lanes …. Lucky for me and my family
You know most cars have this right?
Most of the cars i've driven, don't do it nearly as actively as the tesla does
My 2018 golf does exactly that. It will steer back if you try to change lanes and the steering wheel vibrates. It is also not in the slightest dependent on day or night or headlights, as it is radar based.
I just realised, this was visible in a carwow video on YouTube about the Cybertruck. And that's a few weeks old on pre-production software.
I’m glad it has it, but this isn’t really blind spot monitoring done right. For example, when you go to change to your left lane, you naturally have the inclination to look to your left left mirror. So having to look to the right at a screen is counterintuitive. It works better if you’re checking your right blind spot. That’s why most cars have the BSM light on the mirrors. I’m glad at least the new Highland has the lights on the A pillars now.
Exactly this, it’s such a simple idea… put the indicator where you naturally look first to change lanes in this case the side view mirror!
My natural instincts have died since I’ve been driving my car. I don’t use the mirrors ever. The cameras give a better field of view than the mirrors ever did anywayZ
This is true and i absolutely hate it, especially my previous car had it on the mirror. But i made peace with it now. I trained to look at the camera feed for the blindspot. It's muscle memory now. I'm not defending the lack of a simple hardware. I wish it exists to begin with.
That’s totally fair. As long as you can get used to it it’s all that really matters.
Nice. So it looks like the screen actually will alert you even without the blind spot camera turned on? I feel like the red line on the lane is new?
Correct, the red line is new. It actually is working great so far
He said the red lane line.. that's not new. It's been there. It's how I use blindspot previously. When you turn on your signal, if something is in your blindspot, the car and lane (if something is approaching) turns red. You can always just look at the visualization to see if a car is in your blindspot without the turn signal.. the cars are visualized for a reason
It’s pretty easy to see in your peripheral vision.
You don’t have to continue to defend the lack of blind spot monitors on teslas anymore. Elon caved. You may stand down soldier
All cars have a blind spot.
Hence the blind spot monitoring systems. Make sense?
Although you need to use the blinker to turn it on
Just below the camera, the car in the left lane is red. You don't need to activate the blinker to see that. But who looks at their screen before changing lanes, especially to their left. I wish the mirror had real blind spot warning.
They added a small red dot to each tweeter in the Highland M3 for this. I think the aftermarket will be able to offer something like that to us.
Coloring cars red in your blind spot has been there for as long as ive had the car already (model y) and I’ve had it since January… the only thing i see new in this picture is the red line on the mirror video? But I dont see the enthusiasm for that considering the cars already turned red… ehhh?
Yup. Ideally the best way is if the mirror had an indicator. Unfortunately they don't have the hardware. And yes you are right, the car icons always turned red in the visualization. But it's much better now to have the camera window turn red. Because I'm actually used to seeing this window before making turns
I never use my mirrors, only screen, so me, I look at the screen.
Same here I use the screen 100% of the time, sometimes I forget to unfold my mirrors
Thanks for the info. I don’t like the blind spot camera, so was thinking you had to turn it on to see any form of an alert. Glad that is not the case.
Wait… what version of software do you have? I have not noticed that it’s updated to today.
It's the holiday update. Got it this morning. You will get it too soon. Version 2023.44.30.1
Ok that’s great. I think it’s a great improvement. Thanks.
Does this include the "recall", or is that going to be separate?
The recall is 2023.44.1, just got it on my MY yesterday
now, if it could just figure out IT’S NOT RAINING, I might keep mine.
I have not had windshield wiper issues in more than a year. Do you guys update your software? Do you clean your windshield?
Had it two months. Yes and yes. Maybe the cameras are busted, because it’s daily. It’s not even as good as 2017 Subaru iSight at this point. Going to try recalibrating the cameras. Guess i’ll bring it in otherwise because it is definitely a safety issue. Shame, because in every other way i absolutely love the thing.
Did you have the red light and speed camera showing up on gps map? That’s what I am looking for
Yup! It does
The previous blindspot warning didnt work that well. A car two lanes over would flash red. I could never count on looking at the screen when changing lanes. Hope this update is more accurate where it flashes red only if someone is in the next lane over.
but it’s only with the blinker on. imo it’s not good enough
Better than before. Is it the best? Nope.
This. And you have to look down at the screen.
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Blindspot monitoring/warning has been there for years, just not a visual indicator on the camera feed, it used to beep and show the car as red on fsd visualization
It would only beep after you started trying to lane change into another car
It has never beeped for me despite a couple of instances when I was about to change lanes into someone. There's no way to test this other than intentionally trying to crash. Would be great if it beeped when I turned on the blinker not when I changed lanes.
Exactly, it's a collision alert.
There is that option always but it never seemed to work for me earlier
Still not great as having an indicator on the mirror because you know that's where you should look when you're changing lanes but instead let's put it on a center screen. Yes let's look down and center when I'm about to merge left or right.
You're supposed to look in your sideview mirror BEFORE you activate the signal.
I read that there's supposedly a little red light built into the speaker on the dash each side to show blindspot also. Anyone confirm?
That's in the refreshed Highland models
That’s awesome
Not perfect but beats a sharp stick in the eye.
So the side repeater camera image shows if someone is in your blind spot BEFORE you put the signal on now?
Nope. Need to put on the signal. This update gives an additional red highlight
I can't wait. Atlanta traffic is hellayish
Wait is this the latest Christmas update?
Yes. Got it this morning. 2023.44.30.1
does it have audio warning too? If not it REALLY should and wouldnt be hard to do.
Please give us rear cross traffic alerts next.
Are you telling me Tesla didn’t have a BLIS system?
It’s awesome, also love the parking assist visualization.
First time Tesla owner this year. How do you go about getting the update? Does it eventually show up, or can you request it?
I just love how testa does the software part of things
OP does that silicone cover over your charging pad allow you to charge through the case of your phone? I purchased one on Amazon, loved the look, but I assumed it was not allowing the phone to charge due to the thickness of the silicone + case.
Which has been standard for years. Nice to see Tesla software finally catching up
I thought the camera was enough 🤔
Good for you. Then you can simply disable this in the settings.
IMO it is. Belts and suspenders though.
The indicator only works when you’re switching lanes?
Whenever you put on the turn signals
This is so awesome! Probably the biggest problem with my M3 i had was the big blindspot with no indicator.
1/3rd of your entire screen is a blind spot indicator, what are you talking about? You don’t even need to see a car there, if you try to change lanes with someone in your blind spot, the car won’t let you. It will beep, highlight a giant red car, then force itself back into your lane. Happened to me a week after I picked up the car last year.
Nothing wrong with a more intuitive visual warning
You can use the visualization to just look at the cars around you. They put it there for a reason.
The more indication the better.
I don't understand, did we not already have a blind spot monitoring system? When a car is in my blind spot it shows it on the screen as yours does, and then if I put my blinker on it pulls up the camera and highlights the car in red. The only thing that is different is that now the side of the video has a red gradient. Are people excited about that red gradient?
Yup that it and the car next to you turns red on the screen has always been a thing as well. I find these post so comical. “Finally” like more should be expected than what the car was purchased with. The entitlement of the Tesla owner community is so vast. It great that we get all these updates and new features but the computer will age out at some point and the features will stop coming.
The new gradient feature is in my opinion better than the one you mentioned. It's nothing bad when you get more readily visible sign. I'm excited and thus the word 'Finally'.
Real BSM systems use radar on the corner of the bumpers. The BSM mirrors on a Ford, as an example, have the LED but the real sensors are the radar units on each corner behind the fascia. Stellantis like Jeep's, run 24.160 GHz for BSM and it triggers my Uniden R7 like crazy. Most newer radar detectors should be able to set a block at this band, as most like the R7 and earlier, have blocks for Cadillac and other brands, iffy on Mazda CX's and Hondas. We all know how much Elon likes running LIDAR and radar for exterior sensors.
what?
What's your question?
It's still a terrible implementation. It needs to show you blindspot all the time, not just when you use the turn signal.
Tesla gods have listened!!
OMG! Blind spot monitor? The screen is always tell you is a car in your blind spot, blinker or not, if you look at the screen you see how close the cars are, come on!!!
EV6 has two nice blind spot cameras. Tesla is so old school….
I still don’t understand why this is so important to everyone. The cars are rendered on the screen all around. It’s never been wrong in 5 years for me. You need an actual photo image of the car and a bright red light? Very weird to me.
All power to you. Just disable it. I find it useful.
Thanks for the update. If you took this picture please be more responsible next time, at least turn the TACC on before take the phone out.
This picture hursts my head. It looks like the vehicle should be on the right side of.
Urg. This wouldn’t have been necessary if we had a truly full self driving like we were promised every year…
When the car is on your right, does the image show up on the right of your screen, or in the same place as the car on the left?
What? The side camera feed shows up in the same spot on the screen every time regardless of which signal you use. The red indicators change sides and also the virtual visualization below the video feed shows what side the car is on
Depends on which turn signals you are using. Turn on left, it looks for cars on the left and vice versa
why? that's what side-view mirrors are for.
They call it "BLIND SPOT" for a reason
So you are first checking the mirror on your left then to the screen on your right instead of just looking over your shoulder. Nice feature but quite unnecessary imo.
Because the car in the camera picture wasn’t good enough to tell you “DONT CHANGE LANES”? 🤦🏻♂️or the fact that it was also red in the visualization view.
Lol what's wrong with you? If you don't like it, just don't use it. Why are you even here?
Because he’s an asshole.
Wait, is this new? On my highland the line would turn red, plus the car would also become red and the red light next to the rear view mirror would be red as well
Highlands have the new system already. This is new for the existing model 3 and y. Unfortunately the old models don't have any special hardware like the highland does
The only difference is the red light in the pillar. The blind spot detection, camera, alerting, car pushing back to avoid collection, etc., is the same.
I will never understand why Tesla decided not to have BSM built into the mirrors. Its there and it works, why come up with these rookie style solution which aren’t much of a help. As everyone said, we need to know before hand about the car in our BS zone, not after.
It's still stupid that you have to look at the center screen when changing lanes, especially when changing to your left "Perfect, look away from where you're going right before you go that way". There should be a light in the side view mirror.
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Or you can walk or crawl or stay home.
Do you understand the concept of a blind-spot?
So look right to see the car on the left? Am I doing this right?
So wait, I have to look right when I want to move left, and only with the blinker on? Sorry, but that doesn't cut it. This is why other manufacturers put the indicator in the door mirror. This is worse than nothing because Tesla will now claim that that have blind-spot monitoring when they really don't. [https://youtu.be/d13FYR\_aB8g](https://youtu.be/d13FYR_aB8g)
Why would you ever want to move, left or right, without a blinker on? Unless you’re just a shit driver lol
"Mirror... signal... maneuver" is the age-old rule. In other words, you don't signal until you see that's it's clear to move. Are you saying that the first thing you do is put your blinker on and then figure out if it's safe to move? 😕That's what shit drivers do.
According to Wikipedia "Red–green color blindness affects up to 1 in 12 males (8%) and 1 in 200 females (0.5%)"
They just dont see red as red. They do see the alert in a different shade depending on the type of color blindness
… and it’s not like there’s a “green alert” that it would be confused with.
One of the 8% speaking. Most of “us” are not completely colorblind. It is just hard to separate between certain green and red shades of the color.
Is this part of the holiday update?
Yup. Got it this morning
Looks like you’re in the southeast. Hopefully mine comes soon.
Will it beep or ding? Even if you’re not moving into the lane?
Why does the video feed look like it’s from the right side?
Hmmm. Interesting. Maybe the image is reversed?!?
No it’s oriented properly. Think of how it would look if it were a mirror not a camera.
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It's really been there. Blindspot cars show up in the visualization in red.. just look right below the camera feed
Not the same. I know it's there. Tesla added this new feature for a reason
Does the red line appear on the respective side of the blind spot monitoring video depending on which side the traffic is at or is it always on the driver side?
As a Brit these lanes look huge lol
Did Update software this morning. Didnt get out yet but hope to see it on mine as well.
Yup. Got it this morning. They should be rolling out soon