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Stop signs, summer trees, and what FSD sees before I do

From the Driver’s Seat · Jun 7, 2026 · v14.3.3

I’ve never had FSD run a stop sign on me. What I have seen, and it’s worse this time of year, is the car not spotting a sign until it’s right up on it, because the trees have leafed out and half buried the thing. But here’s the part that matters: once it sees the sign, it identifies it and it stops. And honestly, that’s the same problem I’d have driving myself. A stop sign hidden behind a summer tree is hard for anybody to catch. If anything FSD is probably more sensitive to it than I am, and it might pick that sign out a beat before I would. So I don’t lose any sleep over that one. If you want to try it yourself, my referral link comes with three free months of FSD.

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