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testfrequency ◴[] No.41889190[source]
I was in a Model 3 Uber yesterday and my driver had to serve onto and up a curb to avoid an (idiot) who was trying to turn into traffic going in the other direction.

The Model 3 had every opportunity in the world to brake and it didn’t, we were probably only going 25mph. I know this is about FSD here, but that moment 100% made me realize Tesla has awful obstacle avoidance.

I just happen to be looking forward and it was a very plain and clear T-Bone avoidance, and at no point did the car handle or trigger anything.

Thankfully everyone was ok, but the front lip got pretty beat up from driving up the curb. Of course the driver at fault that caused the whole incident drove off.

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averageRoyalty ◴[] No.41894660[source]
Was the Uber driver using FSD or autopilot?

Obstacle avoidance and automatic braking can easily be switched on or off by the driver.

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1. testfrequency ◴[] No.41907281[source]
Neither, they were…driving.

Also, I’d be shocked if they turned off either of those emergency features (and why would you, especially an uber driver).

Those settings are also reset every trip, it’s not realistic to assume that this guy configured his car to act less safe.