Tesla FSD avoids T‑bone
- Tesla amplified a viral video showing a driver’s Model 3 using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) avoiding a side-impact crash at an intersection after a pickup truck ran a red light. - The clip circulating on YouTube and X shows the Tesla braking at the light as cross traffic enters the intersection, while the driver says he would have been T-boned. - The video landed as Tesla keeps marketing FSD as safer, even while U.S. regulators are investigating reports of red-light and wrong-way violations with the system. (nhtsa.gov)
Tesla is promoting a viral clip that appears to show a Model 3 using Full Self-Driving (Supervised) avoiding a T-bone crash after a pickup ran a red light. (x.com) (youtube.com) In the video, the Tesla is stopped or slowing at an intersection when a white truck enters from the side against the signal. The driver says the system braked in time and that he would have been hit if he had continued through. (youtube.com) Tesla labels the feature Full Self-Driving (Supervised), not autonomous driving. On its safety page, the company says the system can drive “almost anywhere” with active supervision and still requires the driver to stay engaged. (tesla.com) Tesla also says vehicles with FSD (Supervised) engaged have logged more than 9.3 billion miles and see fewer collisions than Teslas driven without it. The same page says the system uses eight external cameras and processes visual data in real time. (tesla.com) The clip arrives amid a live federal safety investigation into how Tesla’s FSD behaves in traffic-law scenarios. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened that probe on October 7, 2025, covering an estimated 2,882,566 Tesla vehicles. (nhtsa.gov) NHTSA said the probe concerns reports of Teslas on FSD proceeding through red lights and steering into opposing traffic. Its filing lists 58 total incidents, including 14 crashes or fires and 23 reported injuries. (nhtsa.gov) That tension runs through the reaction to the video. Supporters cite it as an example of faster machine response at an intersection, while critics point to recent videos and complaints showing FSD missing hazards in other edge cases. (x.com) (electrek.co) One recent example came on March 9, 2026, when Electrek reported video of a Tesla on FSD driving through lowered railroad-crossing barriers in West Covina, California. NHTSA’s 2025 filing says the driver remains fully responsible at all times when FSD is engaged. (electrek.co) (nhtsa.gov) The new clip does not settle the larger argument over what FSD can and cannot do. It shows one moment Tesla wants drivers to see, while regulators are still examining many others. (x.com) (nhtsa.gov)
