FSD Crashes into California Highway Patrol

A video was posted by the official Facebook page of the California Highway Patrol (CHP), which reports on an October 13, 2026 accident. The video details that CHP Solano officers were responding to a fatal accident that happened on I-80 when a Tesla slammed into the accident scene and into a CHP patrol car with an officer inside. As a result, the already fatal scene nearly added two more fatalities, with both California officers seriously injured after the accident. Thankfully, the officers have already been released, while the Tesla driver sustained only minor injuries.

This all happened despite the fact that the CHP closed four lanes of the Interstate and diverted traffic to a slow lane. Part of CHP's efforts to investigate the scene also included the addition of high-visibility cones and markings, as well as emergency vehicles with lights on. The driver told the CHP that he was asleep behind the wheel with FSD fully engaged, yet the diverted lanes and emergency obstacle lights weren't enough to alert the FSD and wake the sleeping driver, raising more concerns about FSD's true capabilities and safety. There's a footage showing the Tesla driving into the scene of the accident at highway speeds.

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[–] 1 point 14 hours ago (2 children)

Sleeping while driving is dangerous, always has been, always will be. World without end

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  • [–] 29 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

    this is not like a normal non-self driving car, because normal people will pull over when they get tired (a few don't, which is irresponsible and dangerous but relatively rare compared to self-driving fans who think they don't need to drive while on auto-pilot). Someone accidentally falling asleep while driving is a qualitatively different phenomena from people knowingly going to sleep after they put their car on autopilot.

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