Eric Van Beek

The driver disengaged FSD 4 seconds before impact — the rest was 100% manual driving. So the entire clip was manual driving! I did the math: the driver could have stopped in time from the first frame of the video. Here’s how I reached that conclusion. Debate if you have thoughts. 1. In the very first frame, the truck was 510–560 feet from the concrete barrier. I estimated this frame by frame using the vehicle’s speed on US-69/59 Eastex Freeway and local map data. 2. Speed was a steady ~60 mph. Over the ~6-second clip, distance to impact was estimated using the Cybertruck’s size and how quickly it approached frame by frame. It took ~4 seconds to reach the barrier from the first frame. 3. Cybertruck braking is strong — real-world tests (MotorTrend) show it stops from 60 mph in 126 feet (~176–187 ft from 70 mph per Car and Driver). At 60–65 mph, it needs only ~130–160 feet to stop fully. With ~510 feet available when the driver disengaged, it could have stopped easily, even for a poor driver. 4. Physics did the rest: at that distance and speed, the driver simply ran out of room and panicked. Again, not FSD. All human manual driving error. The Cybertruck could have braked in time based on distance and speed.

NEWS: Tesla has officially discontinued Autopilot in the U.S. and Canada. All new car purchases now come standard with Traffic-Aware Cruise Control. The online configurator has now been updated to allow buyers to choose the $99/month FSD subscription, while still offering the option to purchase FSD outright for $8,000 until February 14th. New Tesla vehicles purchases still come with a 30-day free trial of FSD (Supervised).