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This is a biggie, and some Tesla people have some reservations about it. What is amounts to is that the car will immediately enter Full Self Drive Mode to avoid an accident, and continue in FSD mode until you take over again.

The car has eight external high resolution cameras, and can literally see things that you can't. And, its reaction time is superhuman. My car received the update this morning, and I don't have a problem with it. While under FSD mode, our car has literally avoided two fatal high-speed crashes that we never saw coming. So, as far as I'm concerned, the car is batting a thousand and we are still alive and safe.

1 posted on 09/14/2026 11:00:21 AM PDT by eastexsteve
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They will definitely have to turn this off to do the Standard Safety Crash Tests. The car would refuse to do the head-on crash test, and try to get out of the way of the side and rear-end crash tests.


2 posted on 09/14/2026 11:08:01 AM PDT by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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It is quite impressive. We have been driving a Y for about 4 months with FSD. I still like to drive the car, but my wife is completely hooked on FSD and has had some interesting situations where lane changers were heading toward her; the car sensed it and moved over at a speed she couldn’t have matched, even if she’d known about the threat. The only situations it couldn’t process were dynamic road construction zones where a construction barrel blew over and rolled across traffic lanes. No biggie.


3 posted on 09/14/2026 11:13:05 AM PDT by Wally_Kalbacken
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I don’t drive my Tesla 90% of the time (it keeps these stats) — highway or side streets. FSD is amazing.


5 posted on 09/14/2026 11:36:44 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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At West world, nothing can go wrong

..go wrong

...go wro


9 posted on 09/14/2026 12:13:58 PM PDT by farmguy ( )
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I had been wondering when that would be built into the software.
It has now and I think it's a good thing considering dodging idiots on the road for 60+ years.
10 posted on 09/14/2026 12:21:08 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (I)
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Did they fix the bug so the Tesla doesn’t drive into houses?


11 posted on 09/14/2026 12:24:25 PM PDT by Nachoman (Proudly oppressing people of color since 1957.)
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My son-in-law just got a Tesla last month & we’re all very enamored of what it can do. I can especially see a need for one if you’re elderly like us (73). My daughter OTOH is still having trouble adapting to it. We’ll get one eventually, but I’m still keeping my 2018 Murano SUV until I die.


14 posted on 09/14/2026 4:43:38 PM PDT by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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