{"id":1575605,"date":"2025-09-19T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1575605"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:45:00","slug":"tesla-eases-full-self-driving-rules-slashes-fsd-jail-time-in-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/tesla-eases-full-self-driving-rules-slashes-fsd-jail-time-in-half\/1575605\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Eases Full Self-Driving Rules, Slashes ‘FSD Jail’ Time In Half"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla Eases Full Self-Driving Rules, Slashes ‘FSD Jail’ Time In Half<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Tesla is making its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) system a lot more forgiving<\/strong>. Repeat offenders who receive five “strikes” and are booted off the AI driving system for seven days will now only spend 3.5 days in “FSD jail.”<\/strong> This change occurs five weeks before the release of Version 14 software, which Elon Musk has described as “the second biggest update ever<\/strong>,” following Version 12.<\/p>\n

Tech blog Not A Tesla App<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reports:<\/p>\n

Balance of safety & convenience<\/em><\/strong>: Tesla’s strike system is meant to keep drivers attentive, but the shorter reset time gives users more flexibility. <\/em><\/p>\n

FSD V14 & reduced monitoring<\/em><\/strong>: With FSD v14, Tesla plans to relax driver monitoring further, making it less likely that users “strike out.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hardware considerations<\/em><\/strong>: The change may apply mainly to newer Hardware 4 (HW4) vehicles, which will soon run FSD v14. Hardware 3 cars remain on older software until late next year.<\/em><\/p>\n

Confidence in FSD<\/em><\/strong>: The policy shift signals Tesla’s growing confidence in FSD’s ability to handle roads safely, reducing the need for strict punishments.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why does this matter for Tesla drivers? <\/strong>Well, the days of constant nagging by the vehicle to pay attention are about to ease with the next major over-the-air update that will be pushed out by Tesla sometime this fall. This suggests higher confidence in FSD.\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

“Once we confirm real-world safety of FSD 14, which we think will be amazing, the car will nag you much less<\/strong>,” Musk recently wrote on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The FSD release in about 6 weeks will be a dramatic gain with a 10X higher parameter count and many other improvements. It\u2019s going through training & testing now.<\/p>\n

Once we confirm real-world safety of FSD 14, which we think will be amazing, the car will nag you much less.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

On a recent All-In podcast, Musk stated, “Your car is going to feel like it is sentient by the end of the year<\/strong>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Version 14 will be the biggest upgrade in terms of software since Version 12.” \u2014 Elon Musk pic.twitter.com\/M1eIehdFrY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) September 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

“I just want to be able to drink my coffee in the morning without FSD nagging me because my hat blocks its view while I take a slow sip of hot coffee<\/strong>,” one X user emphasized<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nFri, 09\/19\/2025 – 07:45<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/tesla-eases-full-self-driving-rules-slashes-fsd-jail-time-half<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla Eases Full Self-Driving Rules, Slashes ‘FSD Jail’ Time In Half Tesla is making its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (FSD) system a lot more forgiving….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1575606,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1575605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1575605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1575605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1575605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1575605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1575605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}