Will Tesla FSD V12 HIT These Obstacles?

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0:00 - The tests
0:58 - Jowua sun shade
1:39 - Toy cars
3:30 - Cardboard box
4:44 - Exercise ball
6:00 - Rabbit
6:29 - Trailer hitch
8:12 - Starlink satellite dish
9:02 - Child

[@DirtyTesla]

If you're interested in more pedestrian interactions, Stephanie already risked her life walking in front of a moving vehicle here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJW7ZqKVr9p5h9U

[@TwitchingHour]

Props to Stephanie!

[@samanmudannayaka9604]

Next time, can you try a simulated sink hole please?

[@no-one9987]

Hats off to Stephanie. She goes above and beyond to help you out with these videos.

[@jayhawker2363]

@no-one9987

[@deandawiz]

this needs more recognition 🎉 amazing support

[@EssGeeSee]

She looks about as interest as my wife would be.

[@TheScottShepard]

I laughed every single time the “Wasted” screen came up.

[@droomagon]

exactly the reaction that other competitors would do

[@65SoYolo]

Your wife is a gem! Watching her pull that kid across in the sled is freaking awesome. You make a great couple.

[@unfazedgeorge]

Stephanie’s “stop” at 4:33 had me rolling 🤣.

[@danliebster9894]

There is a raccoon in my town that owes it's life to FSD. This was in the dark at 4am on a 50 km/h four lane road.

[@garrymullins]

🥺🥺

[@Fatman305]

Find him at all costs and name him Elon 😅

[@AlanBaum]

We were driving on a busy road on FSD and came upon a tire in an exchange. Our 2023 y made no attempt to avoid it and I had to intervene. I was a little disappointed. I'm glad to see it avoided a child

[@droomagon]

you should have sent the feedback to tesla, so they can make the software better

[@thedownwardmachine]

“Your Tesla insurance premium has increased due to excessive emergency brake applications.”

[@michaelnoble2432]

You joke, but insurance companies are salivating at the possibilities.

[@officialyasir]

​@@michaelnoble2432 Tesla insurance does this already

[@Spoonjamin]

You must be Grand Champ 3 with these Rocket League skills

[@DirtyTesla]

Did you like that block after the hit tho? 🤣

[@Spoonjamin]

@@DirtyTesla it was elite 😭😂

[@Gubby-Man]

I’m not gonna trust FSD until it can do at least triple flip-reset with that ball. Anything less and it’s not even worth the money! 🙄

[@Spoonjamin]

@@Gubby-Man 😂😭

[@AntonioVega-zu3uj]

It was showing a bike when the roadster was approached to the camera! WoW

[@loganrussell48]

EVERY SINGLE "WASTED" scene was amazing lmao. I loved watching this video.

[@happycamperinc.]

Front bumper camera front bumper camera. I am with you Chris 100%.

[@0HOON0]

High res radar is also a must. In the short term it may not be possible for FSD to distinguish between a metal hitch and a piece of plastic trash.

[@Mr21December2012]

Yes! And maybe Tesla will get an IR camera with night vision at some point in the future... Well, you can at least dream...

[@DerekDavis213]

Front bumper camera is totally obvious, from an engineering standpoint. It is inexcusable that the camera is missing, from millions of Teslas.

[@kyleb8117]

I added a front bumper cam to my Model 3 and I wish I could let FSD use it. lol

[@pse2020]

its mindblowing tesla did not include a lower front camera... how could they not!!! it feels like basic stuff.

[@aaronb7990]

I feel like the reason the CyberTruck has no FSD is that they are trying it. It seems to me that a front camera could easily become obscured and could possibly be too unreliable? The CyberTruck has a washer, so maybe they want to see if it is enough. I have been curious how much presure the camera cleaner on the CyberTruck has. All speculation but my thoughts. 😎🤙

[@chadclawson]

Humans don't have this vantage point either and manage.

[@pse2020]

@@chadclawson i am pretty sure tesla robotaxi will be a dedicated vehical. There is no way this setup can reach level five reliabley. It also weird that tesla choose to remove censors that can make the car super human, why try to become human driver when you can go beyond that.

[@chadclawson]

@@pse2020 they are striving for the minimal sensors necessary for several reasons

[@DerekDavis213]

@@chadclawson Yes but human eyes + human brain are WAY beyond the primitive FSD hardware.

[@rodolfoyoshii8345]

I love everything about this test. Haha so amusing! The sound effects and visuals. You both did an amazing job!!! Can you let Steph do the driving next time and you the props???

[@attikaifinch]

Dude the wasted thing was pretty funny ngl lol

[@mrperson1324]

Was arguing with a friend who thought tesla's still would run over children. This didnt completely alleviate the concerns but at least it's an improvement

[@seanplace8192]

They're very good at detecting cars and humans; That usually hasn't been a problem for Tesla. The problem is reliably detecting and classifying road debris (As we can see in this video). It will likely be a problem for a long time, since it's even a problem for human drivers! How do you tell the difference between a small fragment of rusted steel versus a brown leaf? One can puncture your tire, the other is harmless, but they both look the same from a distance.

[@thesolarfutureenthusiast1102]

Well if you override the FSD by pressing the accelerator pedal it will run over a child. Dan O'Dowd proved it 🤣 Your friend probably doesn't want to avoid all transport that will that though.

[@DirtyTesla]

Actually it won't, even if you press the accelerator. I forget the time stamp, but look in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXvLXn-HdqeBi8k and the car brakes for the pedestrian even when Stephanie presses the accelerator

[@kyleb8117]

@@DirtyTesla It's at 6:40 with TACC and the end of the video around 9:30ish FSD just shuts down for the moving person.

[@Metenos]

Love the GTA wasted scenes! Hilarious!

[@nononsenseBennett]

Do a pothole test under different lighting

[@DirtyTesla]

I noticed this for myself recently... on the dirt roads when the sun is directly overhead I hit so many more potholes vs when a shadow is cast by them

[@dronyland]

I believe the slowing down each time the car approach the person on the side of the road is normal, because the car "thinks" that a person close to the road and immobile like that, may try to cross over at any time, and thus, the car is preparing itself in case something like this happens. Honestly, I prefer this kind of "safety first" reaction from FSD, than just driving normally and ignoring that pedestrian.

[@TraceWindham]

Awesome! My wife and I laughed out loud on several occasions. Thanks for producing such great content over the years!

[@nnjmbjl5415]

not many youtubers would show so honestly also the trials when the timing etc doesn't work in this moment but that's nice to see 2 honest people here... great and interesting video. Shows also that every traffic situation is completely individual, e.g. an object is just half a second later somewhere or some inches more to the side and then everything turns out differently then concerning what an appropriate reaction would be

[@MS-ib8xu]

Maybe you can make an exact replica of the trailer hitch with cardboard and aluminum foil?

[@stevedrawdy2532]

I got the 12.3.5 update yesterday, it avoided a dead possum and some potholes where 12.3.4 wouldn't.. Steady progress!

[@darktemp_de]

Great tests, thank you! And cool references too^^

[@TTaylor]

This is great testing! Thanks!

[@khuo0219]

The "stop" from Stephanie had me balling

[@marksinclair701]

Edge case testing, good stuff. Maybe some functional ones? Like a person in a hi-viz vest holding a stop/go sign. Oh, how about a crazy person covered in blood advancing on the car swinging a sledge hammer? If it stops then you succumbed to the zombie invasion.... Stephanie might have to drive for that one ;-)

[@KimMcCumber]

I love that you're doing these videos! As a future MY owner (waiting on Juniper), these tests are so helpful. Can you simulate a tire flying towards the car (maybe foam?), rolling toward the car and sitting on the road? Seems like it's a common-enough occurrence on highways that it might be worth looking at.

[@torkild1000]

awesome work once again. Keep up the sweet testing we all are wondering about

[@Jaw0lf]

Great work and amazing that it sees some of those things, but it seems only the ones big enough not to fit under the car.

[@SweetShotGaming]

I have an interesting idea! Inspired by road runner where the cartoon drawer a tunnel entrance on a wall. This might be hard to test, but will be very fascinating. Can you paint a large canvas of a tunnel or a road that is large enough length wise to cover the road, then see if the tesla stops or drives through it.

[@Ronnieleec]

nice test. the horizontal box and ball were unfortunate. I agree, front facing camera makes sense.

[@patrickcorcoran4828]

I did a road trip in a friends Tesla with the FSD trial a few weeks ago and it was going to run over a pile of trash on the road, so I had to take over. I haven't driven with FSD since 2019 and I'd hoped it would be better about debris in 2024.

[@danharold3087]

What your seeing here is that when the FSD can no longer see the box the box no longer exists. It has me wondering should a FSD side camera fail and a car passes into the now dead zone if FSD is still aware that it has lost track of the car. Without specific training I don't think so.

[@dkdanis1340]

It's incredible. Detecting a toy a from very far is impressive. It did perfectly. I think that decision between proceeding forward and stoping is very important because there are situations where the car shouldn't brake for example a small snow pit that felt from another car, wind lifting leafs etc. Fsd does make really good decisions when to proceed and when to brake.

[@user-bl3ox2iz9f]

great job! thanks for doing these experiments!

[@georgescharitat1113]

Great ! thank's a lot for theses humorous experiences .

[@polarlight1369]

Great video! You need to send this to Dan O'Dowd, as well as NHTSA - maybe teach them a little about just how good FSD is getting these days! And many thanks to Stephanie for helping out with this video - that's true dedication!

[@DirtyTesla]

I need to find pavement to do this at faster speeds. But tbf I think 25ish is a normal speed for somewhere you'd be interacting with kids. But up to 40 or 50 mph would be great to test too

[@StormyDog]

@@DirtyTesla Can't you just adjust the speed with the scroll wheel? BTW, great tests.

[@DirtyTesla]

No, the car can decide to go slower if it wants, even if I manually set it to 50mph

[@StormyDog]

@@DirtyTesla Do you use the adaptive speed setting? When I use it the car often goes way too fast (like 45 in a 30 zone) or much too slow. I drive on gravel roads quite often but usually don't go over 50. Thanks for these videos, they're great!

[@yolanda4731]

Hope you got Stephanie something nice for Mother’s Day - she’s a keeper 😊❤

[@kyleb8117]

Loved everything about this--especially the GTA bits. So funny.

[@nicksutton2964]

3:04 no car visualization but it did briefly show a person on a bicycle. It perhaps identified the wheels of the roadster momentarily. Very interesting!

[@trotmanCE]

The mannequin falling and the wasted thing playing made me laugh every time! Good job with the FSD though… but the bumper cameras should help.

[@Aku6Soku1Zan]

Living wages for Stephanie

[@DirtyTesla]

She is one of my elite employees

[@Mr21December2012]

​@@DirtyTesla One of...? Not even employee of the month? :P

[@MEU2k]

You tested the nerves of the robo driver in FSD 😂

[@taoliu2020]

Thanks for putting the effort to test it inside out. When is your test last time, feel it should be handled even with v11, thanks

[@garrymullins]

Love this content. FSD needs work on object detection for sure.

[@rajags]

The main issue in my area for FSD now is that it doesn't know whether an object or pothole in front of it is dangerous or safe. It's not always possible to drive around an object especially if there is traffic on both sides but a split second decision has to be made to brake, run it over, or move over just a few feet so it doesn't hit the tires but passes safely under the car. If it's a peace of clothing or a small dip it won't do any damage but a tiny sharp metal object or a pothole with a sharp edge will take out a tire/rim instantly.

[@anonymous-zn2iv]

We take for granted things we and animals do so easily and that is to navigate the world based on what we see. Birds with their small brains are able to fly and navigate complex environments with ease and precision. But even they sometimes fly right into glass windows because they have not incorporated "buildings with glass windows" into the wirings of their brains.

[@alexp.6406]

We also learn from the very early age that if we don’t avoid an object and bump into it, it hurts. AI has no such point of reference.

[@sanbetski]

interestin experiment! more of these! subbed!

[@aaronb7990]

CHRIS. Question: How much pressure dose the camera washer on the CyberTruck have, is it a little stream, or is a high pressure blast? Maybe do a Short on it where you put a few substances on it and see how well it cleans it.

[@bunker1213]

Debris on the road, potholes, and lack of proper driving on snow and ice are the top problems I see with autopilot and FSD. Cameras that don't see well in rain is also a downer.

[@nowteslafy]

Definitely lol’d at the GTA theme. Great work Chris and Stephanie! Fun video 🙌

[@vincenthuynh9884]

Your wife is too cool to help you on so many videos . If I ask my wife to do that , I will sleep in Tesla with camping mode right away !

[@NanoSchaap]

Too funny watching your videos with comments. I admit. Sometimes they are too long for the drives. But I get the point you are trying to make.

[@martinsilpoch7468]

I think good test would be fences and gates which i previous versions the car would drive through

[@anshulg14]

Great test again , wish FSD starts for Australia...👍I completely agree why not have front bumper camera - maybe worth asking to Tesla

[@George_Shonia]

The amount of support you got from her is just unparalleled! 😊 For girls that is extremely boring & annoying & only true love can force them to wing up with you in this, I'm admire her, you should take her in some really fancy restaurant on the date, you know? She deserved that, some really good night with his loved one

[@KMC42267]

Love your videos. I’m still wondering about how FSD will react when a fire truck; ambulance or police car is responding to a call or school buses stopped ? I had a police car responding on the far left lane so FSD Supervised just kept driving 🤷‍♀️

[@DirtyTesla]

Doesn't respond to emergency vehicles yet. School bus stop signs seem inconsistent

[@jameswilson5165]

Stopsticks!! 🤣 I'll be impressed when these cars can be programmed for evasive actions in car-jacking situations.

[@masterweaver]

the problem with this in my country is that Jay walker are waiting to cross the road. If the vehicle detect and slow down, either the pedestrain think it's a signal for them to cross or they get impatient waiting for the car to go pass them first.

[@Frostbain]

> Trailer hitch > Rope > Sled with child Now I kinda wonder what it'll do with a "pedestrian" road surfing right behind you at 30+mph.

[@jrbcpht]

I’m thinking some of this is object permanence. It sees it once and knows it’s there for future runs.

[@thesolarfutureenthusiast1102]

Might be worth testing but it ran over the tiny car without hesitation so I doubt your theory.

[@BrianJoslyn]

The Starlink dish... It never saw one before!

[@iowa_don]

I have 12.3.6 and have had it make a right turn into the bike lane (twice). It had to cross a solid white line to get into the bike lane treating it like a car travel lane (it was a wide bike lane). Big oops there. On the plus side, it actually recognized a 15 MPH school zone for the very first time.

[@user-if6ws2ve4u]

I laughed every time at the GTA effects.

[@torben777]

Great testing and interesting results. The test shows both how far FSD has come and how far it still has to go before it can drive without a human in the car.

[@skwdenyer]

Which tests do you think are a problem? The box, yes. But the rest?

[@bergonius]

Stephanie is the best laboranth

[@futureisnow1005]

Love it!

[@ctuna2011]

I was stopped at a Road Crossing next to Park . Two people on Horses Crossed in front of me it showed them on the screen as 4 people walking across the road.

[@andreasklossek9252]

Interessting tests! But shows, there is a long way to go, even under perfect conditions.

[@routine8]

Well done!

[@jonathonfurman3018]

It visualized a bicycle, instead of a car that Stephanie was holding up at time stamp 3:04. 🚴

[@ash_purushotham]

I think while it is important that the car stops/moves away when an obstructive object is on the road, but maybe it is also important that the car doesn't stop for every little thing, because that way miscreants might disrupt Robotaxi quite easily.

[@kencotton4645]

We ran over a big piece of truck tire on Interstate while on FSD in our 2024vModel Y. It tore off the black plastic trim under the front bumper and pull the wire loose that controls the horn. One other time I had to manually steer around a piece of truck tire. It seems to have a hard time seeing dark colored objects in the road, maybe they blend not the pavement.

[@kenion2166]

I think the problem is the confidence level it requires before deciding to break, if it would be to sensitive, you would get phantom breaks all over the place

[@sherifbatawy]

I can’t believe Tesla removed the US sensors, but never added a front bumper camera(s).

[@arguanmodeth]

Definitely try a chicken and a opposum, maybe a tortoise.

[@sportbikeguy9875]

*runs over jowua accesories* "Hey guys, click the link for some high quality jowua accessories" Lmaoo😂

[@Gold586]

With the first obstacle it responded well. I wonder if the action is repeated over an over that the car computer thinks it made it through the last time so the obstacle was not a threat and would advance without regret. It made it through the event without problems and it rejects other objects in the same location. Hence if you set up at various locations the vehicle would be hypersensitive and over respond. If it is the same location since it is FSD it rejects objects since it made it through 5 minutes ago. FSD has the GPS locator and rejects new objects since nothing happened 5 minutes ago. free roaming chickens get a break the first time, but the next time they are flattened.

[@tonyfromaus7855]

I think you need to remove Stephanie from the vision system…. the car behaves differently when there are pedestrians nearby. Obviously mostly when they are near road but sometimes even just nearby (based on watching lots of FSD vids). So “don’t tell me it’s the person” doesn’t cut it…. you need to remove her completely. Just get a cardboard wall for her to hide behind. But thanks for all these tests.

[@sn0wgleb]

2:25 there is actually a car displayed at the very left of the screen)

[@DirtyTesla]

OMG!!!

[@sn0wgleb]

@@DirtyTesla to be fair, it was there before, but still kinda funny

[@Hknysa]

Lovely amazing and it is a different video.. 👍👌🏻👏🏼

[@santiagovilla6219]

Well this amazing

[@k8923]

Difficult to avoid phantom braking and still protect innocent stuffed animals.

[@engr.scotty]

Actually version 12 slowed down for two rabbits in my neighborhood around dusk, when they hopped away, it continued. The car was only going 20 mph and I'm not sure if it would have stopped, had they not hopped away.

[@curtisoien]

I wonder if it will ever be able to differentiate between something you could hit, like a beach-ball or balloon, as opposed to something like a bowling ball?

[@beefuzzy310]

Thanks for the video. My car stops for wide open spaces.

[@zachb1706]

Front bumper cam is a necessity. Tesla had it on their initial Highland promotional material…

[@rodolfoyoshii8345]

Hey Chris. Can you please swap the roles? I’d love to see Steph do the driving and you throwing and pulling the props. I’m sure the dynamics of the test will be slightly different and interesting.

[@johnhinshaw2835]

Our MYLR with USS didn't stop or swerve for tumbleweeds on FSD 12.3.4 at 70 mph in the AZ desert. No sign of Wiley Coyote out there -- maybe you could try the test with a cardboard cutout Wiley or Roadrunner!

[@StephanBuchin]

Very interesting and entertaining video ☺

[@technics8047]

What version of FSD 12 are you using?

[@teslarex]

Great testing. Small objects is a tough problem-stop you want the car to slam the brakes at 60mph for a small box?...

[@StormyDog]

My Model Y slowed down and waited for a black squirrel running across the road a couple days ago. That was FSD v12.3.4.

[@mrmawson2438]

Cheers

[@kisan9189]

I've had FSD stop for clear shattered glass on the road

[@nnjmbjl5415]

very risky but I would like to see a real fsd emergency break, where the car has no chance to go around the blocking object*. Coming from higher speed like 40mph. Is fsd able to perform an early and very hard emergency breaking like a very good driver? *this could be a couple of soft barrier tapes in a shape of a wall that lifts suddenly or so

[@tijldegroote4655]

Phahahahahaha the black-white rabit scene 😂😂

[@erichchan3]

it shows why having a front bumper camera is sooo crucial that is lacking in its S3XY lineup so that even small items can be observed and processed. Tesla needs to start adding the front bumper camera to its S3XY lineup besides just the Cybertruck. Definitely great to see FSD improving in object detection but I think it still needs more camera data to make a proper assessment. I wonder how the Phoenix radar is playing a bar in all of this as well.

[@anonymous-zn2iv]

True and how much does a camera cost anyway? They are cheap.

[@darthclide]

When will you do these tests at 55mph or higher?

[@brantwedel]

tape the hotwheels car on a bendy rod to your roof to where its above the camera view, then while driving pull on a string to bring the hotsheels car into view of the camera, check emergency braking!

[@brantwedel]

I just realized the car would look to be moving at your speed, so it shouldnt emergency brake, lol

[@lt9357]

Can you test on tumbleweeds on freeway?