Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’ crashed through railroad gate seconds before train

Published: Apr 15nd 2026 4:44am on Electrek

A Texas Tesla owner says he punched the accelerator to outrun an oncoming train after his car on “Full Self-Driving” drove itself through a lowered railroad crossing arm as the train closed in on the tracks.

Joshua Brown, who says he has logged more than 40,000 miles using Tesla’s driver assist, described the incident as the first time FSD has ever “let me down.”

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