Tesla Full Self-Driving leads to speeding ticket in Quebec

A driver received a speeding ticket while using Tesla's Full Self-Driving system in Standard mode. The car accelerated to 78 km/h in a 50 km/h zone near Quebec.

The incident occurred this weekend when the driver activated FSD to demonstrate the system to two passengers. Within two minutes, police pulled the vehicle over after radar detection.

The user noted that Tesla removed a custom speed offset feature with the release of FSD version 14 last October. It was replaced by preset modes including Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry, and Mad Max.

Standard mode selected the higher speed on the road, exceeding the driver's preferred limit of about 15 km/h over the posted speed. The driver remains responsible for the vehicle and the resulting fine.

On highways the same mode maintains speeds around 111 km/h without issue, but the user now avoids FSD on lower-speed roads.

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