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Senators rail against Tesla AI's apparent inability to detect train crossings
(go.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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I've been driving with Tesla FSD since it launched. It's...okay. I've never had it blatantly try to drive me off the road, but it does make some really dumb decisions at intersections. Like it doesn't seem to understand that there's a right-turn only lane near my home. It also has recently started inching into intersections after stopping at red lights even though it correctly identifies that the lights are red.
All told, it's a net positive. I find myself able to focus more on my surroundings rather than just keeping the car in its lane. That said, I would never ever trust it to do anything without my hand on the wheel. I even have a real recurring nightmare where I'm somehow stuck in the backseat and can't reach the controls.
If Tesla set their goal at just decent driver assistance, I'd say they're very close. But there is no way current autopilot is going to be steering their autonomous taxis around.
Fun fact, my Nissan does an extremely good job at keeping me in my lane and not hitting the car in front of me, because that's all it claims to be able to do and doesn't try to pretend that's "full self-driving".