Tesla FSD v14.3.6 swerves for an already-passed exit — nearly ends up in a ditch
Tesla's FSD v14.3.6 swerved for a highway exit it had already passed on Quebec's Autoroute 55, nearly sending the car into a ditch at 110 km/h (68 mph), Electrek reported from a first-hand test drive. The driver intervened before any crash, but the incident revived concerns that FSD v14 drives smoothly enough, often enough, to lull drivers into complacency.
A Tesla running FSD v14.3.6 had a scary moment on Quebec's Autoroute 55 in the Mauricie region on a Sunday night, according to a first-hand account from Electrek.
After passing under the gantry for exit 217, the car's right turn signal came on and it began pulling toward the shoulder — but the exit ramp had already peeled off behind the vehicle. The car was traveling at 110 km/h (68 mph) at the time, and left uncorrected, the maneuver would have sent it off the road into a ditch.
The driver noticed in time and took over before any collision, but described the moment as scary.
The Electrek writer, who had previously argued that FSD v14 is so smooth it breeds dangerous complacency, repeated that point in light of this incident: a system that works almost perfectly creates a trap, they wrote — drivers trust it just enough to stop paying close attention, even though it can still fail unpredictably, and sometimes critically.
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