US EditionTesla blows past stopped school bus and hits kid-sized dummies in Full Self-Driving tests
- On June 12 in Austin, Texas, a live test was conducted by a coalition of watchdog groups demonstrating that a Tesla Model Y equipped with Full Self-Driving software repeatedly failed to stop for school buses, striking child-sized mannequins eight times during the demonstration.
- This event followed The Dawn Project's two-year campaign warning that Tesla's Full Self-Driving software illegally overtakes stopped buses and fails to stop for children, without fixes from Tesla or regulators.
- The Model Y applied brakes and stopped, but struck the mannequins each test, confirming the Full Self-Driving feature's inability to provide a basic safety net around children despite requiring attentive drivers.
- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has tentatively scheduled the public debut of the Robotaxi service for June 22 in Austin, Texas, while federal regulators have launched several probes into Tesla’s driver assistance technologies.
- The demonstration and ongoing incidents raise questions about Full Self-Driving’s safety readiness and have prompted calls for regulatory bans and public caution ahead of Tesla's planned Robotaxi rollout.
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Tesla Model Y fails self-driving test, hits child-sized dummies 8 times: Why Elon Musk should be worried
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