Tesla FSD v14.3 now pulls over

Tesla’s latest Full Self-Driving software appears to add a more forceful response when the system concludes a human behind the wheel is no longer paying attention. A May 15 report by Not a Tesla App said FSD v14.3 now tries to move the vehicle to a safe roadside location and park if a driver ignores driver-monitoring alerts, rather than simply slowing and stopping in its lane. (notateslaapp.com) Tesla’s own support pages continue to describe FSD as a supervised system that “does not make the vehicle autonomous” and says drivers must remain attentive. (notateslaapp.com) The company’s consumer site says FSD is available for $99 a month in the United States and other markets, while Tesla’s first-quarter 2026 shareholder update said v14.3 launched in April. (tesla.com) The timing matters because Tesla is now running robotaxi operations in multiple U.S. cities. Tesla said in its Q1 2026 update that it launched unsupervised Robotaxi rides in Dallas and Houston in April, and NHTSA has separately been seeking information about Tesla’s robotaxi plans and safety controls. (notateslaapp.com) ### How is the new pull-over behavior different from Tesla’s earlier fallback? Not a Tesla App reported on May 15 that earlier versions of Tesla’s driver-monitoring response would slow the car and stop it where it was, including in a travel lane. In the new behavior shown in a video cited by the outlet, the vehicle instead searches for a place to pull over and park after the driver fails to respond. (tesla.com) Tesla has not, in the material reviewed here, published a separate official release note specifically describing that pull-over-for-distraction behavior. Tesla’s support language does, however, repeatedly say FSD requires “active driver supervision” and warns users not to become complacent. (assets-ir.tesla.com) ### What does Tesla officially say FSD v14 is — and is not? Tesla’s support page says FSD can drive the vehicle “almost anywhere” under supervision, including lane changes, turns and navigation around objects, but says none of those features replace the driver. The same page says currently enabled features “do not make the vehicle autonomous.” (notateslaapp.com) Tesla’s FSD product page uses similar language. It says the system operates with “active supervision,” and the company’s v14 trial page says owners in the United States, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Canada needed software version 14.2 or later to participate in the trial that Tesla has since ended for existing owners. (tesla.com) ### Why are Austin robotaxi incidents part of this story? NHTSA-related reporting published on May 15 said Tesla had disclosed fuller narratives for two Austin robotaxi crashes involving remote operators, not passengers. TechCrunch reported one incident involved a vehicle that contacted a temporary construction barricade at about 9 mph after a teleoperator took over while the automated system was stopped. (tesla.com) Wired and other reports said another teleoperator-guided vehicle hit a metal fence at about 8 mph. Those incidents were described as property-damage crashes, and one report said the onboard safety monitor suffered minor injuries in the fence incident. (tesla.com) The reports indicate the teleoperator, rather than the automated system, was controlling the vehicle at the moment of impact. ### Does the new consumer FSD behavior mean Tesla cars can drive themselves? Tesla’s own answer is no. The company says FSD is supervised, requires driver attention, and does not make the vehicle autonomous. That remains the official framing even as Tesla expands robotaxi operations and continues over-the-air software changes. (techcrunch.com) The new pull-over behavior, if it performs as shown in the video cited by Not a Tesla App, is best understood as a fallback inside a supervised system, not a removal of the supervision requirement. That reading follows Tesla’s published warnings to drivers and the company’s distinction between supervised FSD and unsupervised robotaxi operations. (dnyuz.com) ### What should owners and watchers look for next? Tesla said in April that v14.3 had launched, and its support materials say software availability can vary by vehicle, hardware, region and version. That means the practical question for owners is whether later release notes, owner’s manual changes or broader rollout data explicitly mention the distraction-triggered pull-over behavior. (tesla.com) NHTSA’s next signals will come through its automated-vehicle oversight and any additional public incident disclosures tied to Tesla’s Austin operation. The agency has already asked Tesla for more information about robotaxi development and public-road deployment, including plans first described for Austin in June 2025. (notateslaapp.com) (static.nhtsa.gov) (assets-ir.tesla.com)