"The rising popularity of self-driving cars has caused many to question just how safe these vehicles are. These concerns were highlighted when one woman posted a video of her dancing in her self-driving Tesla with no hands on the steering wheel. On Sept. 25, San Francisco resident Vanessa Lim (@vanesssalim) posted a video of herself dancing in a Tesla, with text overlay that says, when you can have solo dance parties bc your car drives itself."
"Tesla describes its Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature as a suite of advanced driver assistance features that can make lane changes, select forks to follow your navigation route, navigate around other vehicles and objects and make left and right turns. However, the company emphasizes that the feature is intended to be used only with a fully attentive driver and that it does not turn a Tesla into a fully autonomous vehicle."
"Reports of the self-driving feature being involved in crashes are not unprecedented. In May, Forbes reported that two months prior, an Alabama Tesla owner was driving a Model 3 in Full Self-Driving mode when the vehicle suddenly, for no obvious reason, veered off the road, crashed and flipped upside down. According to the article, the driver suffered a chin injury but was okay."
A San Francisco resident posted a video dancing in a Tesla while the car drove itself, attracting over 10,500 views and mostly enthusiastic comments. Some commenters raised safety concerns about the self-driving feature. Tesla describes Full Self-Driving (Supervised) as a suite of advanced driver-assistance features that can make lane changes, select forks, navigate around vehicles and objects, and execute turns. Tesla emphasizes the system requires a fully attentive driver, does not make the vehicle autonomous, and warns users to remain attentive. Reports have linked the feature to crashes, including an incident where a Model 3 veered off the road and flipped, injuring the driver.
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