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One short YouTube video has started a debate on social media, as the clip shows a Tesla Cybertruck driving through a red light while in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode.
Tesla's Cybertruck hasn't exactly got the best reputation right now - even among existing fans of the electric car company - after numerous negative reviews and bizarre bad press.
While self-driving technology has been allegedly proven to be safer than human-operated vehicles in almost every metric, some horror stories still emerge that make you wonder whether the feature is truly ready to hit the road.
One new YouTube video from EV-enthusiast 'Detroit Tesla' has sparked that conversation up again, after they show their Cybertruck seemingly drive through a red light of its own accord - and the comments can't quite settle on whether the car was right or wrong to do this.
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The start of the video shows the vehicle approaching an intersection as the traffic lights are turning orange a good two or three seconds prior, going red mere moments after they pass the stop line.
Red lights are up for almost the entire time the car is turning, making people wonder whether this technically counts as the car running a red light without any user inputs.
This would certainly be a problem for FSD tech as you'd think that being able to identify a red light would be one of the first things that any self-driving car would need to do - and it could also endanger the driver both from a safety perspective and in regards to the law.
In fact, the driver mentions shortly after that it's already tough for them to avoid attention as the notion of a Cybertruck alone paired with the 360⁰ camera installed on the car's roof make it so that many eyes are always trained on the vehicle.
Running a red light in an instance like this would be like begging for a ticket or worse, so it's definitely something you'd want to avoid.
The comments underneath remain split on whether this actually counts as running a red light though, as one user argues: "Nope not running. Was basically halfway into intersection. Did it seem like a need for a critical intervention to you? No."
Another adds that there was "plenty of time to stop, but equally Cybertruck had entered the intersection by the time it changed so didn't run the light (shrug emoji)."
One user does err on the side of caution though, advising: "There was plenty of time to stop for a red light, especially with the speed approaching the intersection. But I also thought it was OK to enter an intersection on a yellow... so 50/50. I would prefer the first scenario."
This probably nails the situation on the head - while technically what the Cybertruck did was legal, and many drivers might do the same thing, the best course of action - especially for an FSD car - would be for it to be more cautious and stop before the red light appeared.
