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FSD faced a real life trolley problem today and everyone lived

Date
Date unknown
Developer / operator
Tesla Inc
Event type
Near miss / safety-critical interaction
Outcome
Successful handling of a difficult situation
Automation status
Unknown
Curator-reviewedCurated

Summary

According to the linked post, FSD faced a real life trolley problem today and everyone lived. FSD moved to the shoulder to avoid her, a jogger was coming, it quickly veered left to give room.

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 · @rhensing on X

    Published 16 May 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: 21 October 2026.

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