Federal safety officials open probe into Tesla FSD as traffic violation reports mount

Federal safety officials announced Thursday they are looking into nearly 3 million Tesla cars over concerns that the company’s driving assistance technology is breaking traffic laws and causing ￰0￱ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it received more than 50 complaints about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving ￰1￱ technology, which still needs drivers to stay alert and take control when necessary, has caused cars to behave in ways that break traffic rules, according to the ￰2￱ said Tesla vehicles using the system have been reported going through red lights and making unsafe lane changes by driving the wrong ￰3￱ agency is examining 58 separate incidents that include 14 accidents and 23 injuries, according to ￰4￱ probe arrives as lawmakers increase their attention on Tesla’s technology.

A new head of NHTSA recently took ￰5￱ released a software fix for the system earlier this week, but did not respond to questions about the ￰6￱ light violations lead to multiple injuries Six incidents stand out where Tesla cars with the system turned on approached intersections with red lights, kept going anyway, and crashed into other ￰7￱ of these accidents left people ￰8￱ first stage of the investigation could result in Tesla having to recall the vehicles if officials decide they create serious safety ￰9￱ driver from Houston told the agency last year that the system “is not recognizing traffic ￰10￱ results in the vehicle proceeding through red lights and stopping at green lights.” The same driver said Tesla refuses to address the problem, stating: “Tesla doesn’t want to fix it, or even acknowledge the problem, even though they’ve done a test drive with me and seen the issue with their own eyes.” Railroad crossing safety under review Safety officials also plan to look at how the system works near railroad ￰11￱ Democratic senators, Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal, asked for this investigation last month after hearing about multiple close ￰12￱ Full Self-Driving system, which does more than Tesla’s basic Autopilot feature, has been under federal review for 12 ￰13￱ October, NHTSA started looking into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles with the technology after four crashes happened when visibility was poor from sun glare, fog, or ￰14￱ of those crashes in 2023 caused a ￰15￱ tells customers the system “will drive you almost anywhere with your active supervision, requiring minimal intervention,” but makes clear it does not turn the car into a truly self-driving ￰16￱ Tesla features have also caught the agency’s ￰17￱ January, officials opened an investigation into 2.6 million vehicles after crashes involving a feature that lets owners move their cars from far away using their ￰18￱ is currently reviewing Tesla’s self-driving taxi service that started operating in Austin, Texas, this past ￰19￱ up to Bybit and start trading with $30,050 in welcome gifts