FSD drives through substantial standing water at night in stormy conditions
Summary
At night in stormy conditions, with FSD (Supervised) engaged, the vehicle continued into a large area of standing water on the roadway and produced a substantial splash while passing through it.
Written by White Box Autonomy from the sources listed below.
What is observable from the evidence
- The event occurred at night during stormy or heavy-rain conditions.
- A substantial area of standing water was visible on the roadway.
- With FSD (Supervised) engaged, the vehicle continued into the standing water.
- The vehicle produced a substantial splash while passing through it.
- No collision occurred in the recorded event.
Automation status
Driving automation engaged — confirmed
Whether the driving-automation feature was engaged is a separate question from whether it caused the event.
System / software version
Not identified in the available sources.
Causal attribution
Undetermined
The available evidence does not establish a cause. Involvement of a driving-automation system is not the same as its being a cause.
What remains unknown
- The depth of the standing water.
- Whether the system detected the water as a distinct roadway hazard.
- Whether the vehicle modified its speed before entering the water.
- Whether the roadway remained safely passable.
- Whether visibility, reflections, rainfall or sensor performance influenced the behaviour.
- What the system would have done if the water had been deeper or impassable.
Interpretation
Curator interpretation — this goes beyond what the evidence directly shows
The event shows the driving-automation system proceeding through substantial standing water under degraded nighttime weather conditions. The available video establishes the observable vehicle behaviour, but not whether the system recognised the water as a hazard or how it assessed its depth and passability.
Sources & evidence
The sources below are the evidence. The summary and any interpretation on this page are written by White Box Autonomy and are not themselves evidence.
YouTube video · White Box Autonomy
First-person clip recorded by White Box Autonomy showing the vehicle driving through a large area of standing water at night.
About this record
Review status: Curator-reviewed. What the review statuses mean.
Record last reviewed or updated: 30 August 2026.
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