Tesla's supervised self-driving software gets Dutch okay, first in Europe

cedws 37 days ago |

“Supervised self-driving” feels like an oxymoron. It’s either safe enough to be completely autonomous or it’s not. There’s no way a human driver being assisted by self-driving is going to be ready to take over at a moments notice with the same awareness that they would have if they were driving the whole time. This is going to kill people.

sMarsIntruder 37 days ago | |

No, it’s not.

This solution went through millions of kilometres of data and tests.

RDW did a really thorough job since we’re talking about Europe: https://www.rdw.nl/en/news/2026/rdw-explanation-of-european-...

Stop. Spreading. FUD.

cedws 37 days ago | | |

RDW tested it themselves. That isn't real world usage. Real world drivers will not pay the same attention, and they'll do stupid shit like game the driver attention mechanism so they can watch TikTok.

sMarsIntruder 37 days ago | | |

This is FUD. Supervised means that the camera watches you in realtime keeping attention.

But I get this type of comments just to go against one person.

DemocracyFTW2 36 days ago | | |

> the camera watches you in realtime keeping attention

If this is the world you want there's literally no common ground here

satvikpendem 36 days ago | | |

How else would you determine whether the driver is paying attention?

cedws 37 days ago | | |

Yes. And people will find a way to game it like they always do.

hulitu 37 days ago | | |

Of course it is not. I also do "supervised self driving". In fact, everybody does it. The fact that Tesla drivers are only now able to do it, tell us something about their driving abilities.

Stop. Spreading. FUD /s

sMarsIntruder 37 days ago | | |

So if you say BS you can just add /s and it’s fine?

TechTechTech 37 days ago |

> RDW said the EU sets stricter requirements for safety during vehicle approvals than the U.S. "This means that the FSD Supervised version in the U.S. is NOT comparable to the FSD Supervised version in the EU," it said, without providing further details.

The Netherlands has one of the highest road safety standards in the world. More info on differences between USA and NL on the site of RDW (Dutch)

https://www.rdw.nl/nieuws/2026/toelichting-rdw-op-europese-t...

hulitu 37 days ago | |

> The Netherlands has one of the highest road safety standards in the world.

But the Dutch are still not able to drive safely on the Autobahn.

jacobgorm 36 days ago |

More like third in Europe after BMW and Ford, according to https://electrek.co/2026/04/10/tesla-fsd-supervised-approved...

one_more_q 36 days ago | |

First here relates to the first country that approved. Other OEMs already have hands off level two systems, nobody disputes that.

consp 37 days ago |

No article has mentioned insurance rates. I would not be surprised if this has consequences for that. I'm not saying this as good or bad but as insurers being cautious as the liability question in civil procedures ultimately comes to them.

one_more_q 36 days ago | |

In the US there are insurance companies that will give you a discount for each mile you drive with FSD enabled. That should give you an it’s on the impact…

expedition32 36 days ago |

I wonder how this will pan out. In the Netherlands roads are mixed with old people walking their dog and children on bicycles going to school. We're not in Phoenix anymore.