It may sound like an oxymoron, but here’s a pathbreaking idea — maybe, just maybe, it’s not a bad idea to keep your hands on the wheel and your eyes on the road? No matter how state-of-the-art the self-driving system claims to be, they’re still not quite perfect. In fact, one Tesla Cybertruck owner learned this the hard way when his electric vehicle decided to go straight instead of taking a turn rammed into an electric pole in Florida. According to the owner vehicle, he had activated Full Self-Driving mode, running on the latest and greatest FSD v13.
Tesla Cybertruck: What went wrong?
Jonathan Challinger, a Florida-based software developer and Tesla Cybertruck owner, shared an accident on social media platform X, which went viral. According to Challinger, he had engaged the Full-Self Driving mode, a feature of Tesla’s Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). While driving in the right lane and the vehicle had to take a left turn, but it failed to recognise this and continued straight, crashing into an electric pole on the footpath. Fortunately, there were no pedestrians or bystanders nearby at the time of the incident.
Fortunately, no one got jurt, including Challinger, although the Cybertruck was damaged. He also admitted that relying completely on technology was a mistake, one he hopes others won’t repeat. “Big fail on my part, obviously. Don’t make the same mistake I did. Pay attention. He posted, “It can happen. I follow Tesla and FSD pretty closely and haven’t heard of any accident on V13 at all before this happened. It is easy to get complacent now – don’t.”
What is Full Self-Driving system?
Tesla maybe marketing the Full Self-Driving like a superhero of their ADAS suite as it can change lanes, steer in the city, autopark and much more. Despite the hype by Tesla, the company insists that this technology should be used under the supervision of the person behind the wheel as human intervention could be required.
