Go chime should go off only at controlled intersections

[ThirteenElectrics]

Before today I was not a fan of the go chime, as I think it is unnecessary. But today a funny thing happened: I was in line to take a left out of a strip mall into a busy street. There was a car in front of me, but no stop light. The car went, and then my car chimed “go!”. So, I instinctively put my foot on the accelerator, only to realize that there were fast cars coming from the left. Nor was a lane clear for me to turn into! No, not safe to go.

So now my opinion of the go chime has changed: it’s not useless, it’s actually kind of dangerous. Like induced jaywalking. The car tells you to go even when it is unsafe to go. I will now turn it off on both my Rivians. Drivers are always ultimately responsible for driving safely no matter what the car does. However, I don’t need any bad influences. Not having a go chime is not dangerous. Having one can be.

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[icy1007]

The Go Chime is not an indicator that it is safe to go. It’s meant to get your attention that traffic is moving ahead of you after being stopped behind another car for a bit. You are still responsible for checking traffic conditions before moving.

 

[ThirteenElectrics]

The Go Chime is not an indicator that it is safe to go. It’s meant to get your attention that traffic is moving ahead of you after being stopped behind another car for a bit. You are still responsible for checking traffic conditions before moving.

Yeah, that's what I just said in my post above:

Drivers are always ultimately responsible for driving safely no matter what the car does. However, I don’t need any bad influences. Not having a go chime is not dangerous. Having one can be.

It definitely bears repeating. The car might tell you to “go” when it isn’t safe to go. Thanks, car! Now I know why no other manufacturer has this feature.

Rivian could have named it better, too. I do get “Autopilot” vibes here.

 

[Nixapatfan]

Agreed pointless feature, never even turned it on, don't need a nanny. Same goes for all that self driving nonsense, speed reminders and etc. I enjoy driving and prefer to be in control at all times, if I don't want to drive I'll just hand it over to the wife.

Also in MA, if you don't go right away someone will remind you immediately

 

[icy1007]

Yeah, that's what I just said in my post above:



It definitely bears repeating. The car might tell you to “go” when it isn’t safe to go. Thanks, car! Now I know why no other manufacturer has this feature.

Rivian could have named it better, too. I do get “Autopilot” vibes here.

The car is not telling you to go. It is telling you to pay attention because traffic is moving.

 

[icy1007]

Agreed pointless feature, never even turned it on, don't need a nanny. Same goes for all that self driving nonsense, speed reminders and etc. I enjoy driving and prefer to be in control at all times, if I don't want to drive I'll just hand it over to the wife.

Also in MA, if you don't go right away someone will remind you immediately

It is on by default.

 

[GatorRiv]

The car is not telling you to go. It is telling you to pay attention because traffic is moving.

^^^^this^^^^^^

If all cars had this maybe there would be less people staring at their phones and not moving.

My R1T has an endless sequence of cars and trucks disappearing, reappearing, wiggling on the drivers display. I would never do anything the truck "says" without my own 2 eyes verifying. I don't understand how anyone can blindly trust that much especially for something which isn't advertised as such.

 

[edwjmcgrath]

Go chime is a nice idea if implemented correctly. On Tesla, it goes off when red light changes to green. My R1S go chime goes off at seemingly random times including when I'm already going.

 

[bigsky]

Yeah, that's what I just said in my post above:



It definitely bears repeating. The car might tell you to “go” when it isn’t safe to go. Thanks, car! Now I know why no other manufacturer has this feature.

Rivian could have named it better, too. I do get “Autopilot” vibes here.

Weird. Tesla feature alerts me only to traffic light changing to green, never to let me know car ahead of me is moving.

 

[InTheMatrix]

It’s horrible. It goes off all the time. Even when I’m at an intersection or stop light and there’s people walking across, once it detects the people are gone it’s chimes. Sometimes it just chimes for no apparent reason. Just doesn’t work, so I turned it off. Poorly executed Rivian. Worked way better on my previous teslas.

 

[Invzibl]

The car is not telling you to go. It is telling you to pay attention because traffic is moving.

Moreso, I think this was created to assist the folks who cannot stay off their phones for even a minute of waiting to turn.

There is a bigger issue at play here.

Its obviously idiotic to just press the accelerator without looking first. That would be someone who shouldn't be driving period.

 

[icy1007]

Weird. Tesla feature alerts me only to traffic light changing to green, never to let me know car ahead of me is moving.

Tesla’s green light chime also alerts you to traffic ahead moving. It work even when several cars behind the light.

 

[shamoo]

Mine doesn't seem to do anything. It was on by default, and I also toggled it off/on to check.

On my Tesla I believe it detects if you are "attentive" meaning you are looking forward. If you are, then it doesn't notify you. If your eyes aren't on the road, it will chime.

On the Rivian, I tried multiple ways. It never chimed. Didn't try a reboot tho.

 

[GatorRiv]

It’s horrible. It goes off all the time. Even when I’m at an intersection or stop light and there’s people walking across, once it detects the people are gone it’s chimes. Sometimes it just chimes for no apparent reason. Just doesn’t work, so I turned it off. Poorly executed Rivian. Worked way better on my previous teslas.

Weird. Mine seems to behave exactly as you would want it. When the car ahead get far enough away, basically 2 seconds longer than most drivers, it chimes. I haven't been getting false positives. I like it.

 

[bigsky]

Tesla’s green light chime also alerts you to traffic ahead moving. It work even when several cars behind the light.

It works at traffic lights changing to green only. In my years of driving Teslas, have never heard it chime from "several cars back," and it does seem to chime only if vehicle sees light changing to green..

At any rate, anybody relying primarily on a chime to make driving decisions has real, big issues to solve first and probably should not be driving at all.

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