Incident 209: Tesla Disabled “Rolling Stop” Functionality Associated with the “Aggressive” Driving Mode

Description: The “rolling stop” functionality within the “Aggressive” Full Self Driving (FSD) profile that was released via a Tesla firmware update was recalled and disabled.

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Alleged: Tesla developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Tesla drivers.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
209
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2020-10-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
GMF, MIT

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

7.1. AI pursuing its own goals in conflict with human goals or values

Risk Domain

  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

AI

Timing

Post-deployment

Intent

Intentional

Tesla's 'Assertive' Mode Brings 'Rolling Stops' to Self-Driving Options
gizmodo.com · 2022

The Assertive feature may lead to Tesla's engaging in more rolling stops, which could violate U.S. traffic laws.

Tesla has brought back its Full Self-Driving (FSD) profiles around three months after pulling the feature from an October updat…

Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta features an ‘Assertive’ mode with rolling stops
techcrunch.com · 2022

Profiles are back in Tesla’s latest “Full Self-Driving” beta 10.3 with an “Assertive Mode” that may perform rolling stops and other borderline maneuvers, The Verge has reported. The update was originally released in October 2021 with three …

Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ beta has an ‘assertive’ driving mode that ‘may perform rolling stops’
theverge.com · 2022

Drivers can choose from Chill, Average, and Assertive profiles.

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta lets you choose from three driving “profiles” that dictate how the car will react to certain situations on the road. Each mode, “Chill,” “A…

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving “Assertive” Mode Is the Driving Style No One Appreciates
hypebeast.com · 2022

Adjusting following distance, lane change speeds, and even executing rolling stops.

Drivers using Tesla (NASDAQGS:TSLA +7.43%) ‘s Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta can now choose between three different driving profiles that will determine how t…

Part 573 Safety Recall Report
static.nhtsa.gov · 2022

Population

Number of potentially involved: 53,822

Estimated percentage with defect: 100%

Description of Defect

Description of the Defect: A software functionality referred to as “rolling stop” allows the vehicle to travel through all-way-st…

Variants

A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.
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