Tesla Full Self-Driving
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Pros
- I drove door to door over 300 miles in an atmospheric river. FSD could see what I couldn't!
- Currently 90% of my driving miles have been in FSD and it has significantly reduced stress on the road while driving safely and better than most people on the road these days. Yes it still has issues in parking lots such as finding a p...
- the loaners I’ve driven w v14 are amazing
- He praised the system’s progression, observing that FSD has advanced from a refined Level 2 advanced driver assistance framework to a near-Level 4 capability characterized by reassuring, smooth, and steady performance, with consistent op...
- They've also released FSD to Australia this year, and although take up rate is low, it's generating quite a bit of interest.
Cons
- No, you cannot text and drive with Tesla FSD. Not only is it not remotely legal, but it’s also not remotely safe.
- Never does anything weird or unexpected like Tesla FSD.
- Parent context: You can use FSD in pretty much the heaviest rain and it has no issues. Reply: > You can drive in the heaviest blizzards and it works. I mean that’s just not true. Just this past couple weeks in moderate s...
- It might not be LIDAR, but the Tesla system is definitely inferior in bad weather. Our '25 almost always says "degraded" or disengages with rain...and worse, even light snow. Also, for the past six months FSD and Navigation seem to be...
- We've been playing around with the free trial of self-driving on quiet streets in Sonoma this week. To their credit, it absolutely has come a long ways since the last free trial, which had us constantly intervening to stop at lights, pic...
Sentiment
9 positive (38%) · 2 mixed (8%) · 13 negative (54%)
Trust + time weighted score: -19% · raw score -17%
What redditors said (10 of 24)
No, you cannot text and drive with Tesla FSD. Not only is it not remotely legal, but it’s also not remotely safe.
Never does anything weird or unexpected like Tesla FSD.
Parent context: You can use FSD in pretty much the heaviest rain and it has no issues. Reply: > You can drive in the heaviest blizzards and it works. I mean that’s just not true. Just this past couple weeks in moderate snow it’s disengaged
It might not be LIDAR, but the Tesla system is definitely inferior in bad weather. Our '25 almost always says "degraded" or disengages with rain...and worse, even light snow. Also, for the past six months FSD and Navigation seem to be getting worse. It cannot be depended on to follow it's own nav's route.
I drove door to door over 300 miles in an atmospheric river. FSD could see what I couldn't!
We've been playing around with the free trial of self-driving on quiet streets in Sonoma this week. To their credit, it absolutely has come a long ways since the last free trial, which had us constantly intervening to stop at lights, pick a lane, not die, etc. That said, I don't see how Tesla's system can achieve parity with Waymo's LiDAR. A bit of rain and mist here and it's been game over for the cameras.
However, there is no data to suggest that FSD UNSUPERVISED is anywhere close to as safe as a human driver. 35k miles per car accident in Austin. No way around that, Stan.
Currently 90% of my driving miles have been in FSD and it has significantly reduced stress on the road while driving safely and better than most people on the road these days. Yes it still has issues in parking lots such as finding a parking spot and does not plan far enough ahead to get into the exit lane every time but it is at the point where I am not intervening for safety related issues, but rather for less than optimal path planning.
the loaners I’ve driven w v14 are amazing
Tesla still claims in legal filings that FSD is Level 2 ADAS, not Level 3 and certainly not Level 4.
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