Tech CEO left ‘shaken’ after self-driving Tesla swerves onto railroad tracks in California

hi @elonmusk – FSD v13.2.2 just drove me to a train line here in Santa Monica. sending this video clips and hopefully you guys can fix it fast. (i was shaking and i had to ran a red light to save my life). pic.twitter.com/GOERJSEcTq

— Jesse Lyu (@jessechenglyu) January 2, 2025

Rabbit’s CEO, Jesse Lyu, is deeply shaken by a terrifying experience involving a Tesla’s Autopilot feature. In a video that was uploaded to X on Thursday, Lyu described a terrifying experience in which his self-driving Tesla in Santa Monica swerved onto light rail tracks just as a train was approaching.

“FSD v13.2.2 just drove me to a train line here in Santa Monica,” Lyu wrote on X.

As the car passes the platforms of the various train stops, he said in the video, “It’s just f**king crazy,”

In the video, which has received over 720,000 views, Lyu went on to say, “I’ve got nowhere to go,”

The approaching train halted roughly a block away from his car, according to his rear dashcam. “And, you can tell from behind, the train’s right here,” he added.

According to Lyu, who called the incident a near-death experience, he had to ignore a red light in order to protect himself. This was the first time Lyu had experienced an Autopilot malfunction, and he was clearly upset.

Shaken, he said, “this time, this one time that scared the s–t out of me. That’s crazy.”

In order to avoid a possible disaster, Lyu had to turn off Autopilot and quickly maneuver through a red light at the closest intersection in order to avoid the approaching train.

“I’m just trying to share this video to Tesla and the team,” Lyu mentioned.

“This is a serious problem, and regardless how a human reacts, the autopilot algorithm should never put any of their vehicles onto the train track. That’s just fundamentally wrong,” Jesse Lyu concluded.