Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train.

Nighttime dashcam footage from earlier this month in Ohio captured the harrowing scene: Doty’s Tesla rapidly approaching a train with no apparent deceleration. He insisted his Tesla was in Full Self-Driving mode when it barreled towards the train crossing without slowing down.

  • Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Just watched the video. Maybe it’s just me, but if you’re the driver in a Tesla, and it’s foggy as fuck outside, maybe, just maybe, don’t use the self driving aspect when visibility is that bad. The amount of people willing to trust Tesla with their lives (and others on the road…) is too damn high!

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      6 months ago

      I’d put the blame on the branding, full self drive shluld mean full self drive, not most-conditions self drive without explicitly providing the limitations. Even irplane autopilot systems, which solve a simpler problem, have explicit limitations stated

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        6 months ago

        There really needs to be legal pressure for them to change the name. I don’t see how it’s not false advertising.