Tesla Full Self-Driving: Safety, European Rules and Hardware 3

Well, on the way to the Mediapark. We are going to talk about FSD and what that actually means, you know.

In this case it just goes to the right side by itself.

And yes, what is Full Self Driving? What are the effects of Full Self Driving? How safe is it?

Which things can we actually do and not do? It is the day at six thirty on Radio Oprijden D.O.E.

So we are really going to have a nice chat about that.

And yes, I am still waiting. I have actually already taken out the subscription.

So I can indeed now, with Autopilot, I can see, then I have it.

But I do not have the software yet. And it is also the case that I now have hardware 3.

This car is a Model Y. So unfortunately I do not have the latest version.

I asked if I would get an automatic update. That is not going to work, because the cameras are different.

Those are only 1.2 megapixel versus 5 megapixel. The computer is a lot less powerful.

And the wiring harnesses are different too. So that is not going to work.

I cannot get a new version.

But it seems like it is much better. And with hardware 3 it also works very well in America.

We do not know what all the specifications are.

For example, whether you really need to have that camera or that one turned on.

It checks whether your eyes are on the road and whether your hands are on the steering wheel.

But you still have to keep your hands on the steering wheel.

But apparently you can change lanes. You can also go from one exit to the next.

It can drive in the city. But those are all test drives we have done.

They have been in all the major cities in Europe.

And the question is of course what has actually been approved.

What is important though is that what I am doing now is not allowed. You are supposed to just keep your hands on the wheel.

Well, I of course always do that very neatly.

But they are going to keep a very close eye on whether you do that.

And if you do not, then after a few times you will simply get that it does not work anymore.

That you just have a week where you are without it.

But anyway, it is still the first exciting thing that has happened in ten years.

Because in 2016 I bought a Tesla with full self driving. Paid €7,500 up front.

Never been able to do anything with it. It has never worked.

And the first five years had to do with the software not being ready.

From 2016 to 2021, and in 2022, full self-driving in America actually started to become useful.

It is kind of funny, really, the legislation in Europe is basically that nothing is allowed except.

That sort of comes from the fact that, yes, the laws here are already hundreds of years old.

And the nobility had a lot of laws and the king had a lot of laws.

And there was basically just a system of nothing is allowed except.

And in America everything is permitted unless.

That was basically just free America.

And the farther west you went, the freer everything became.

So that is what we are going to look at.

So we are at least going to talk about it for a bit with a legal expert.

And the question is, is it actually safe? Is it safe enough?

Well, the question is of course, when is it safe enough?

If it is exactly as safe as a human, then it is absolutely not acceptable.

Because people are disastrous, especially people who have a phone in their hand.

Then it is completely, they are so harmless.

Then they should just have autopilot.

Because this obviously just drives perfectly neatly.

This really just drives, I keep a proper distance, I neatly stay within the lines.

But if I just have people sitting here in front driving.

And when they drive, you often see them swerving all over the place.

Okay, so if people like it, twenty-five to seven, Radio 1, FSD. See you then!