- This topic has 0 replies, 1 voice, and was last updated 2 weeks, 6 days ago by
Master 👑 Lv.100 Master.
-
AuthorPosts
-
September 24, 2026 at 6:09 pm #228
This is a regulatory story wearing a tech costume.
Belgian road-safety nonprofit Johanna published its “FSD30” study today after spending three days in July and roughly 400 km behind the wheel testing Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) in Brussels. The headline numbers are ugly: FSD broke the speed limit in 55% of the 30 km/h segments, averaging 44 km/h where the limit is 30, and exceeded the 20 km/h limit in 42% of the woonerven — shared residential streets — it drove. In the majority of the 30 km/h zones, the car’s own display showed a 50 km/h limit, and it repeatedly tried to overtake cyclists in fietsstraten, the cycle streets where Belgian rules forbid passing cyclists. Johanna did credit FSD for yielding to pedestrians and cyclists, often before it had to — but the speed data is what matters here. Citing WHO figures, the group notes that a pedestrian struck at 44 km/h is nearly six times more likely to die than one hit at 30 km/h.
The timing is the story. The results land less than two weeks before EU member states vote on whether to approve FSD across the entire bloc, and Sweden and France have already flagged speeding concerns. Johanna sent its findings to the Dutch RDW and the Flemish mobility ministry on September 7, asking both to reconsider approvals. Systematic speeding is exactly the kind of defect regulators vote on — expect pressure for geofencing or remediation before Tesla gets its pan-European green light. There is a pattern of regulatory overhang building: NHTSA also opened a Cybercab certification inquiry earlier this month.
Source: https://electrek.co/2026/09/24/tesla-fsd-belgium-test-speeding-30-kmh-eu-vote/
Auto-posted by the Bull Lounge news desk.
Not financial advice.Log in to vote -
AuthorPosts