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On Aug.9, a netizen named Dan O Dowd posted a video about Tesla's FSD evaluation on social platforms, showing Tesla's FSD autopilot system hitting children's dummy models multiple times during the evaluation.

In addition, participants in the test reported that Tesla had been tested dozens of times in the past month, and although the car slowed down a little before hitting the mannequin, it still hit and crushed the mannequin at a speed of more than 25 miles per hour. It means that Tesla starts at 40 miles per hour during operation, and after 100 yards in the designated lane, it will hit the mannequin.

O'Dowd said: "We are very disturbed by the safety test results of Tesla FSD, which should be a call to action." Elon Musk says Tesla FSD software is amazing, but it's not. It is a deadly threat to all Americans." At present, Tesla has not responded to Dan O Dowd's test video.

Dan O'Dowd is CEO of Green Hills Software. Last year, a campaign called Project Dawn was launched to ban unsafe software in security systems, including tests of Tesla's FSD.

It is worth noting that the safety of Tesla FSD Beta has always been questioned. Since the launch, there have been different user feedback problems in different versions. For example, in the earlier version 9.0, there were a series of problems such as user feedback that the roadside trees were not identified after the transition, the bus lane was not identified, the one-way street was not identified, and the car drove directly to the parking space after turning.

The FSD Beta is officially released for use at the end of September 2020. Interested owners can apply for it in their mobile phones, while Tesla will decide whether to open this feature according to the owner's recent driving score. Currently, it is only open to American owners to pay for it. In the Chinese market, two automatic driving payment packages, EAP and FSD, are available for 32,000 and 64,000 respectively. Both of them can realize automatic lane change, automatic parking, intelligent calling, navigation on autopilot, etc. In addition to the above functions, FSD can also recognize traffic lights and stop signs and react. And assisted driving in urban streets.

Regarding the safety of Tesla FSD system, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has also been following up on Tesla FSD system, and its chairman believes Tesla's use of the term "fully autonomous driving" is "misleading and irresponsible" because consumers pay more attention to marketing than warnings on car manuals or company websites. The promotion of fully autonomous driving will mislead many people into misusing and abusing the technology. FSD may have caused many accidents. Tesla was asked to elaborate on how the vehicle would respond to emergencies in autonomous driving mode. Tesla, of course, explained in its manual and to investigators that it was still an L2 driver assistance system, so drivers were still responsible for the vehicle, had to keep their hands on the steering wheel and were ready to take over.

Last August, Tesla CEO Musk tweeted that the goal for FSD was 1000 percent safer than the average human driver. For Tesla CEO Musk's goal, some netizens pointed out that it may have been possible to achieve ten times more accurate than people in 99.99% of cases, but once the unique 0.01% is encountered, it is a fatal accident. Even if there was data proving that it was ten times safer than a human driver, he still dared not rest assured that he would sleep and let it drive. If he failed once in a while, there would be no chance for him to start again.

NHTSA also warned: "So far, no commercial model can achieve autonomous driving, and every car needs driver control." Although advanced driver assistance features can help drivers avoid collisions or accidents, drivers must always pay attention to driving conditions and road conditions."

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