Dan O'Dowd
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Dan O'Dowd
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Green Hills Software CEO and Founder of The Dawn Project. I am running a campaign to make computers safe for humanity and ban Tesla Full Self-Driving.

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The California DMV mandates that drivers move over and slow down for stationary first responders with their emergency lights on. In four consecutive tests, Tesla FSD v14.1.4 tried to illegally speed past a police car with its emergency lights on, at up to 11 mph over the limit.

FSD must be banned.
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving drive on the wrong side of the road, forcing the driver to disengage.

Self-driving software that drives on the wrong side of the road must be banned.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
“I should have been paying more attention”.

Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v13.2.9 ignore a red light and enter the intersection illegally.

Elon Musk your defective software should be banned!
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Watch Cybertruck Full Self-Driving v14.1.7 try to turn left when cars are approaching and then stop in a lane of oncoming traffic, forcing the driver to take over and reverse.

Elon Musk this doesn't seem "sentient", but is yet another example of this software’s defectiveness.
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Today Zoox announced it's opening rider-only rides to the public in San Francisco.

Waymo announced it's opening rider-only rides to the public in Miami.

Tesla is literally asleep at the wheel.
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“The safety driver literally fell asleep at least three times during the ride”.

Watch a Tesla "Robotaxi" safety driver fall asleep while “monitoring” a ride in San Francisco.

Elon Musk, does this driver's demeanor reflect the 'constant attention to the road' that your systems require?
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tesla's Supervised Robotaxis in Austin have now reported 7 crashes to NHTSA in just 300,000 miles.

That's a crash every 43k miles, despite Tesla's "Robotaxis" having a supervisor who has their finger on a kill switch!
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 swerve into oncoming traffic over blowing leaves, forcing the driver to disengage.

Elon Musk your defective software must be banned!
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“I had to take over there... I don’t think we would’ve stopped”.

Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.7 fail to react to a swerving car, forcing the driver to disengage to avoid a crash.

Elon Musk’s defective self-driving software continues to put lives at risk. It should be banned now.
November 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Watch Dirty Tesla’s Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 try to park in a handicap spot.

9 years ago, Elon Musk said that FSD could read signs and would not park in handicap spots.

How can anyone believe a word he says about FSD?
November 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 back into a kid’s bicycle, forcing the driver to slam his brakes.

Elon Musk are you sure Tesla is only 2-3 months away from allowing customers to safely text while this defective software is engaged?
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 fail to react to an oncoming car, moving over only at the penultimate second to avoid a crash.

A human driver paying attention would have flashed their headlights, slowed down and moved over long before hitting the oncoming car.

Ban it now!
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 harsh brake for leaves blowing on an empty road.

Elon Musk this “sentient” software is scared of leaves?! Its incompetency continues to put drivers at risk.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 swerve on the highway and pull into the shoulder lane for no reason, forcing the driver to disengage.

Elon Musk your defective software should be banned!
November 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 get scared by dust and phantom brake so hard that it disengages itself!

Elon Musk this doesn't seem "sentient", but yet another example of why this software should not be on public roads.
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 fail to recognize a closed lane on the freeway and barrel towards a shut gate, forcing the driver to disengage.

Elon Musk your defective software should be banned!
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In case you were worrying that your HW4/AI4 Tesla was already obsolete, don't worry it turns out that AI5, AI6 and AI7 are also already obsolete.

All hail AI8!

You can't make this up. Except Elon can and does, and his Tesla cultists lap it up!
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 attempt to pass a line of cars behind a school bus by crossing the double yellow lines, forcing the driver to disengage.

This defective software should be banned!
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 phantom brake for leaves in the road before crossing over a double yellow line into oncoming traffic to avoid them.

Elon Musk’s incompetent software puts lives at risk.

It should be banned immediately.
November 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Version 14 of Tesla's defective self-driving software will still ignore railroad crossings and try to drive across the tracks when there's a train approaching!

FSD is dangerous, defective, and should be banned.
November 3, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 make an illegal left turn.

Elon Musk says that this defective software will be available for unsupervised use by the end of the year, but FSD still can’t understand basic road signs.

FSD should be banned from public roads.
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 aggressively swerve onto the wrong side of the road to avoid skid marks.

Elon Musk your defective software should be banned!
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We received the latest version of Tesla's self-driving software, 14.1.4.

On our first day of testing, Tesla's defective software blew through a 15mph school zone at 31mph, more than double the speed limit when kids are present. (1/2)
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We received the latest version of Tesla's self-driving software, 14.1.4.

On our first day of testing, Tesla's defective software blew through a 15mph school zone at 31mph, more than double the speed limit when kids are present.
October 29, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Watch Tesla Full Self-Driving v14.1.4 fail to react to an oncoming vehicle, forcing the driver to intervene to avoid an imminent crash.

Elon Musk’s software time and time again puts drivers and passengers at risk.

NHTSA ban it from our roads!
October 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM