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Tesla FSD (v14.2.2.5) drives towards a closed highway exit at 85 mph, ignores highway cones and drives over them at 70 mph

Date
Date unknown
Developer / operator
Tesla Inc
Event type
Traffic-rule or infrastructure interpretation
Outcome
Failure / challenging
Automation status
Unknown
Curator-reviewedCurated

Summary

According to the linked post, Tesla FSD v14.2.2.5 drives towards a closed highway exit at 85 mph, ignores highway cones and drives over them at 70 mph, forcing the driver to brake hard to avoid a barrier.

Written by White Box Autonomy from the sources listed below.

What is observable from the evidence

No separate observed facts are recorded for this event; its summary above and the sources below describe what the evidence shows.

Automation status

Unknown

Whether the driving-automation feature was engaged is a separate question from whether it caused the event.

System / software version

No version is recorded.

Causal attribution

Undetermined

No cause has been recorded or established. Involvement of a driving-automation system is not the same as its being a cause.

What remains unknown

No specific unknowns have been recorded for this event.

Interpretation

No interpretation is offered for this event.

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.

  1. X post · @RealDanODowd on X

    Published 7 April 2026 · Retrieved 2 October 2026

About this record

Review status: Curator-reviewed. What the review statuses mean.

Origin: Curated. What this means.

Record last reviewed or updated: 4 October 2026.

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