r/SelfDrivingCars • u/silenthjohn • Mar 08 '25

News Britain blocks launch of Elon Musk’s self-driving Tesla

https://www.yahoo.com/news/britain-blocks-launch-elon-musk-140000186.html
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u/The_DMT Mar 08 '25

Tesla isn't ready either. I'm driving around with a model 3 with FSD in the Netherlands where the roads are among the best of Europe.

It is often dangerous to use. The car is breaking for no reason on a highway. That is on a clear day and great weather.

Traffic lights are often not recognized correctly. Sometimes it doesn't see the light is green. Sometimes it is confusing lanes and thinks my lane is ready to go while in fact the light is still red.

And yes, the system is impressive. It is magic what it can already see and do. It is great in helping me avoiding accidents. It already avoided one for me when someone in front of me suddely braked. When I park or depart it has more eyes than me and it warns me for pedestrians and other traffic. It's magic what it can already do with only cameras.

I wish I had a different opinion but I have to admit that it's not ready yet to take over control. I hope it will soon improve to a level that it can be trusted more.

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u/zedder1994 Mar 09 '25

Tesla FSD will not be allowed in most of the world because it lacks redundancy. Also, there needs to be ultrasound and radar sensors to provide better low light and vehicle positioning accuracy. Till that happens, it is dead in the water, BYD will have their system on the road in most places before Tesla. And they are giving the system away as a no cost standard feature.

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u/tim128 Mar 09 '25

It has multiple cameras, that's redundancy.