Elon Musk almost ran a red light during a demo of Tesla Full Self-Driving and Mark Zuckerberg (Livestreaming the Demo)

Elon Musk’s Tesla almost ran a red light while livestreaming a demo of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software. Musk was also livestreaming the demo while in the driver’s seat, violating Tesla’s rules for its advanced driver-assist technology. Oh, and he kind of doxxes Mark Zuckerberg, too.

At around the 19-minute mark, Musk is forced to take the steering wheel as the vehicle tries to accelerate through a red light in Palo Alto. The vehicle tried to go through the traffic signal at the wrong time. Musk posted the grainy video on X, formerly known as Twitter, last Friday.

Musk took control of the car after saying the car should be going straight. “That’s why we’ve not released this to the public yet.” (FSD is technically a beta software, though Musk has said that v12 will be the first time Tesla removes that label.)

Andrew believes that the US government is going to decide whether or not to require a recall of the autopilot software for Musk’s car following the NHTSA investigation into over a dozen crashes.

Full Self-Driving (Beta) is a hands-on feature. Take action when necessary, be aware of road conditions, and always keep your hands on the steering yoke or steering wheel. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death.

Elon Musk isn’t going to stop his Folsom, California, jet while he drives his ElonJet, which they don’t

A poor quality video is also present. It regularly flips between vertical and horizontal filming. In order for it to be more interesting, someone should edit the footage, according to Musk.

At the 27 minutes mark, Musk said he was going to drive to Mark Zuckerberg’s house to show his displeasure with the Meta CEO.

Musk Googles Zuckerberg’s address and then displays it prominently on-screen. Musk banned the ElonJet account that tracks his private jet because it was a direct personal safety risk to him.

When Elon Musk livestreamed a drive through Palo Alto, California on Friday afternoon, he was holding his phone — which is plainly and clearly illegal under California law. But the Palo Alto Police Department won’t be issuing a fine, it tells The Verge, because police didn’t witness the crime themselves.

There’s no question that Musk was in control of the vehicle: he was forced to stop his “Full Self Driving” system from running a red light partway through the livestream, and he reveals that he’s in the drivers seat by turning the camera on himself near the 30-minute mark.

I’m pretty sure Palo Alto Police have better things to do instead of chasing down the world’s richest man. If you get a second offense within three years of your first, you can get a point on your driving record.

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Musk has repeatedly violated the law, and people are starting to question his power. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow recently published “Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule” at The New Yorker, a piece of reporting that shows, among other things, how SpaceX’s Starlink satellites became so important to the war in Ukraine that the US government was forced to treat him with kid gloves.

Reifschneider, the police captain, says that there are practical reasons why the department doesn’t ticket without personally observing a driver — they need to be able to tell a judge what they saw, verify the driver’s identity and driver’s license, and collect a license plate or VIN number for the vehicle to support the citation.

He writes that the officer must be prepared to testify in court about what he saw in the driver’s hand.

The handbook for drivers warns them to keep their hands on the steering wheel while using driver assist features. A series of audio alerts will begin to chime if a driver does not take their hands off the steering wheel. They would like to see Musk introduce a hands-free system similar to Ford’s BlueCruise or GeneralMotors’ Super Cruise.

In a July 26th letter (first reported by Bloomberg), NHTSA ordered Tesla to respond to a list of questions about the feature or face an escalating series of fines. The company was ordered to respond by August 25th; it’s unclear whether Tesla complied.

NHTSA is concerned that this feature was introduced to consumer vehicles and, now that the existence of this feature is known to the public, more drivers may attempt to activate it. The resulting relaxation of controls designed to ensure that the driver remain engaged in the dynamic driving task could lead to greater driver inattention and failure of the driver to properly supervise Autopilot.

The robust driver monitoring system includes cameras and other sensors to make sure drivers keep their eyes on the road. Only a limited number of them are available to use on certain roads. However, on local roads, the company allows customers to use Full Self-Driving but requires them to have their hands on the steering wheel.