busybee fluffy rambles

Some comments have happened on certain other sites from my last post about the Comma. Most of them are in the form of, “This person is insane/irresponsible/reckless for doing this.”

Some points:

1. The vertigo attacks are triggered by anxiety, and only last a few seconds. Having the safety net of automatic steering (which is really just fancy lane centering) has cut down on my anxiety significantly, and I haven’t had a vertigo attack while driving ever since I installed the Comma 3X.
2. If an attack were to last more than 1-2 seconds I would still pull over.
3. I have over 30 years of driving experience and have never caused an accident. In fact the only time I’ve ever been in a car accident while driving was when someone rear-ended me at a stoplight. This was 30 years ago.
4. I live in an area with a lot of Teslas, where it is almost certain that many people are using Tesla FSD. I am having the Comma do way less for me than what people — possibly several of the same people making comments questioning my safety — entrust Tesla FSD with. I would absolutely trust Comma’s training process far more than Tesla’s.
5. I am disabled, basically unemployed (and what little work I do, I do it from home), and don’t have reliable access to transportation otherwise. Without the Comma unit I would be completely stuck at home or reliant on Lyft/Uber, which would get very expensive very fast and not allow me to do most of the things I actually need a car for. On days when I’m having worse anxiety/vestibular issues I still don’t drive, I take Lyft or put a trip off. I am still not driving all that much, and I have, so far, about one hour total of drive time with the Comma.
6. I am taking on the full liability of using this device, and I am still in control of the braking and acceleration.
7. Also, notably, even when I have had vertigo attacks while driving, I have never lost control of my vehicle. I just feel like I might, and having a supportive presence is the best thing to pull me out of an anxiety state.

Choose kindness and charity.