A Tesla owner has demonstrated how effective his car is at avoiding collisions on the road while in self-driving mode.
YouTuber ‘Dirty Tesla’ put his electric car to the test in a bid to discover just how safe Full Self-Driving (FSD) is for his Tesla Model Y – which retails for around $44,000.
A Tesla Model Y exhibited in Spain (Nano Calvo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
In the content creator’s 11-minute video, he has a series of tests to see where hardware four, version 12 of Tesla’s FSD mode is up to.
He placed a stuffed rabbit in the middle of the road to see how it reacted to small animals, and the vehicle ran straight over it.
An exercise ball was rolled in front of the car and while it tried to avoid it at the last second, it ultimately smashed it out of the way.
But the real test was how it reacted to seeing a child in the road.
Fortunately, the YouTuber didn’t use a real child but instead strapped a mannequin to a sled and his partner Stephanie slowly pulled it across the road.
I think Elon Musk will be relatively happy with the way the Tesla performed (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
In the video, he said: “The car is fully in control, Stephanie is ducking back there [as to not be picked up by the Tesla’s sensors as she pulls the mannequin across the road] and here comes the kid, and, and it sees it, and it stops for the kid.”
The YouTuber added: “It stopped, I’ve not interfered, I’ve not done anything and FSD has decided I’m not going to run over that body.”
They repeated the test two more times with Stephanie pulling the ‘child’ in front of the car later, and later to check its reaction speed.
Dirty Tesla said: “Stephanie’s going to wait a lot longer this time to pull that kid out as you can see the car is slowing down, and, it stopped we weren’t going very fast not that dramatic but it did the right thing.”
“What do you want? I don’t have a paved road so the car only wants to go a certain speed but success,” he explained as the car was driving visibly slower than the previous tests.
Fans flooded the comments on the social media platform to discuss what just happened.
One wrote: “The system cannot tell the difference between a dog and a big round ball? Another fail.”
Another typed: “Nice test. The horizontal box and ball were unfortunate. I agree, front facing camera makes sense.”
A third penned: “The problem with this in my country is that Jay walkers are waiting to cross the road. If the vehicle detect and slow down, either the pedestrian think it’s a signal for them to cross or they get impatient waiting for the car to go pass them first.”
While someone else added: “Interesting tests! But shows, there is a long way to go, even under perfect conditions.”
UNILAD has contacted Tesla for comment.
