Well, folks, it happened again. Another Cybertruck running Full Self-Driving (FSD) decided that maybe today was a good day to end it all… by veering directly into oncoming traffic.
The Incident: A Close Call with Head-On Catastrophe
Dashcam footage from a Cybertruck owner shows their FSD-enabled vehicle cruising along a two-lane road. Everything seems fine… until the Cybertruck suddenly and inexplicably swerves toward an oncoming truck.
The terrified driver manually intervenes just in time to prevent a full-speed head-on collision (I’d recommend listening to the audio, the driver offers valuable context).
Edit: Ope, the original poster deleted their video. Not surprising, giving the harassment you get from Tesla fans if you post unflattering content online. I’ve gotten death threats and threats of legal action, both. I’ll leave the dead link for the record, but here’s a live link:
Cybertruck detects oncoming truck and tries to drive right into it
byu/Met76 inThatsInsane
The dead link original:
Cybertruck FSD tries to crash into the only other car on a country road
byu/Illustrious_Whole307 inCyberStuck
We also have a screenshot of the Cybertruck’s infotainment system, which shows something deeply unsettling:
- The Cybertruck correctly detected the oncoming truck.
- The Cybertruck then chose to drive directly into it anyway.
Why? Unclear. Maybe it was confused. Maybe it had a death wish. Maybe it just wanted to prove that, yes, that stainless steel body can crumple under extreme pressure.
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Either way, this could have been a fatal accident if the driver hadn’t acted fast.
“I Love This Tech… But I Don’t Trust It”
One of the commentators in the Cybertruck Owners Club forum, who, notably, has now had two separate near-death experiences thanks to FSD, summed up his current approach to using the feature:
“Right now, I’m only using FSD on my CT as a glorified enhanced autopilot for long highway journeys. I sometimes demonstrate FSD to friends when I’m on regular roadways for brief periods, but I always take over when approaching heavy traffic, complicated intersections or road construction sites. I love this tech, but I’m still a bit paranoid to place too much trust in it for the moment.”
Now, credit where credit’s due: this guy is at least learning from experience. But maybe… just maybe… he could stop testing half-baked self-driving software in live traffic before he takes out a Silverado, an innocent family, or himself?
Also, I pity his friends, who probably walk away thinking that Tesla self-driving is excellent, based on his demonstration. Personally, I’d be warning my friends off of the unsafe technology, but what do I know? I don’t wrap Teslas for a living.
FSD: Not Ready for the Road
Here’s the thing: if your car’s “Full Self-Driving” software demands superhuman reflexes from the driver just to prevent it from causing a wreck, that’s not an assistance system… it’s a liability.
This isn’t a minor bug. It’s not a small miscalculation. FSD made a catastrophic, life-threatening error with zero warning.
And yet, Tesla still expects Cybertruck owners to pay extra for this feature and, worse, to act as unpaid beta testers in real-world traffic.
If you’re driving a Cybertruck, do yourself (and everyone else on the road) a favor: keep both hands on the wheel, stay alert, and maybe don’t trust a truck that tries to murder you.
