Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train.

Nighttime dashcam footage from earlier this month in Ohio captured the harrowing scene: Doty’s Tesla rapidly approaching a train with no apparent deceleration. He insisted his Tesla was in Full Self-Driving mode when it barreled towards the train crossing without slowing down.

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    4 months ago

    Speculation here, I wonder if the ditch lights and general light placement that is different than a normal car confused the self driving module into thinking it’s on the wrong side of the road…?

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    • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      4 months ago

      The locomotive had long passed in the video of the incident, it just kept driving towards the train until it swerved and nearly took out a crossing signal. Funny as that would be, I doubt the ditch lights were the cause.

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Hmm yeah it seems the oncoming movement from the side may throw it off somehow.

        One of the many forseeable problems with solely relying on cameras and visual processing.

    • You999@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      I work for a railroad and also own a Tesla. FSD doesn’t actually know what a train is at all. If you watch the visualization while in FSD you’ll see trains as a long string of semi trucks and it sees the crossing arms as flashing red stop lights (ie treat like stop sign).

      • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        trains as a long string of semi-trucks

        So many long distance delivery trucks take the same route across the country. Why don’t we just string them all together, then have one big-ass truck engine in the front pulling it all? And to save on how big the motor needs to be, we’ll have steel on steel contact to reduce friction. Whoops, you’ve got a train all of a sudden. 😅

        flashing red lights treated like a stop sign

        Seems kind of dangerous to treat as a rule. Not just at railroad crossing but a stopped car with hazards on or a firetruck might confuse the self driving module…

        • You999@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          So many long distance delivery trucks take the same route across the country. Why don’t we just string them all together, then have one big-ass truck engine in the front pulling it all? And to save on how big the motor needs to be, we’ll have steel on steel contact to reduce friction. Whoops, you’ve got a train all of a sudden. 😅

          Get out of here with your crazy ideas…

    • Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      4 months ago

      The dash cam footage is linked in the article. Looks to be mostly foggy conditions and their system completely ignoring the warning lights.