--- title: "Guy Brags That His Tesla Drove Him Home When He Was Too Drunk to Drive" description: "A Tesla owner bragged about using his vehicle's Full Self-Driving feature to drive home while drunk — a worrying confession that should give anybody pause." date: "2023-01-09" modified: "2023-01-09" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/guy-brags-tesla-drove-dunk" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "full self-driving" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Guy Brags That His Tesla Drove Him Home When He Was Too Drunk to Drive ![A Tesla owner bragged about using his vehicle's Full Self-Driving feature to drive home while drunk — a worrying confession that should give anybody pause.]() *\Image: Tesla/Futurism\* ## Full Self-DUIing A Tesla owner bragged about using his vehicle's Full Self-Driving feature to drive home while drunk — a worrying confession that should give anybody pause. "I admitted the other day, I was a little bit tipsy after Christmas," the user [bragged]() during a recent Twitter Spaces call, as [spotted by *Insider*](). "I was probably drunk," he added. "But with FSD, it drove me home, I mean, flawlessly." To be abundantly clear, intentionally driving under the influence — with or without FSD — is not only illegal but flabbergastingly irresponsible, effectively gambling with the safety of others on the road. ## Tesla Brag Tesla made an unfinished beta version of its FSD software available to the broader public in November, despite [plenty of well-documented shortcomings](), putting other drivers who share the road at risk. Despite its misleading name, Full Self-Driving feature does not in fact allow a Tesla to fully drive itself and is more "designed to provide more active guidance and assisted driving under your active supervision," as the company concedes on its site. But that hasn't stopped a number of owners from abusing the system. There have been countless instances of drivers [finding simple hacks]() to trick the feature into thinking the driver is paying attention when they're not. Others have been caught fully asleep behind the wheel. Just last week, German police [chased down a reportedly sleeping Tesla driver]() on the highway for 15 excruciating minutes. Intentionally getting behind the wheel while intoxicated is just another argument of why Tesla should get ahead of a massive problem it has created. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — itself [actively investigating]() dozens of collisions involving Tesla's Autopilot suite — [almost a third]() of all traffic crash fatalities in the US involve drunk drivers. It's an egregious example of a Tesla owner vastly overestimating their vehicle's capabilities after buying into the company's misleading marketing. As such, it's a perfect example of why deploying such a system under the assumption that users will act responsibly is a terrible idea. **READ MORE:** [A Tesla owner said self-driving mode got him home 'flawlessly' when he was 'probably drunk']() \[*Insider*\] **More on FSD:** *[Video Shows Tesla on Full Self-Driving Failing Miserably on Snowy Road]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()