Tesla has been testing its self-driving Model Ys in Austin, but the Dawn Project has raised alarms about the technology's safety. They released a video showing a Tesla with the latest self-driving software illegally overtaking a school bus and hitting a child-sized mannequin, sparking concerns about the software's reliability. Dan O'Dowd, founder of the Dawn Project, has been vocal about Tesla's prioritization of robotaxi initiatives over safety. Previous incidents involving school buses have also drawn scrutiny of Tesla's self-driving capabilities, emphasizing the need for supervision by human drivers.
It's been two and a half or three years since we pointed this out in a Super Bowl advert. They just don't care. They have other priorities.
The software running the car - FSD (Supervised) 13.2.9 - did not stop after hitting it and carried on down the road.
A human driver would have had problems stopping in time to avoid the dummy, although one would hope that a human driver would have noticed the lights.
The Dawn Project has its own agenda. It was founded to highlight the dangers of Tesla's self-driving claims when matched with reality.
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