A Tesla driver blames FSD for nearly causing a train crash, raising concerns about the system's safety and driver complacency.

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.

  • helenslunch@feddit.nl
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    4 months ago

    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. driving inattentively.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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    4 months ago

    I was ready to write shit on Tesla then I saw the video. The asshole was driving at that speed in the fog??? And let some alpha proof of concept software that relies only on cameras to let drive in the fog???

    If the human eye doesn’t see the train crossing, how a camera can see it?

    Although a bit of fault to Tesla, because the system should have known from the maps that over there was a train crossing and should have slowed down anyway

    • friend_of_satan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 months ago

      If the human eye doesn’t see the train crossing, how a camera can see it?

      If Elon Musk wasn’t so anti-lidar then that would be the answer, but here we are.

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      And let some alpha proof of concept software that relies only on cameras

      That “alpha proof of concept software” is marketed as “full self-driving”. If it doesn’t mean what it says it means, the company producing it should be fully liable for any crashes caused as a result of its use.

      Full Self-Driving. Not “kinda sometimes in perfect conditions”. Full.

  • Teppichbrand@feddit.de
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    4 months ago

    I don’t get it. There is a new technology, self-driving electric vehicles, it’s evolving and it’s not perfect (yet). You don’t have to buy this technology, you don’t have to engage in any way, just look at something else and let it mature. Yet I get headline after headline celebrating small failures. This is like an anti-fandom. Why?!

    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      you don’t have to engage in any way

      As a cyclist, I am forced to engage with Tesla’s self driving mode, cause I share the road with them and it sucks at dealing with cyclists.