- A Tesla with FSD engaged hit a chicken but the truck never acknowledged the impact.
- FSD appears to struggle spotting smaller animals and other similar roadside objects.
- At times, the system surprisingly detects and reacts well to similar obstacles nearby.
Sometimes, a chicken just wants to cross the road. And sometimes, Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) tech reminds us that it’s still learning how to deal with that. The system is supposed to improve over time by using real-world driving data, gradually getting better at recognizing and responding to everything from traffic lights to pedestrians. But based on a new video, it still struggles with, well, birds.
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According to the original poster over at the Cybertruckownersclub forums, the incident happened as he was doing around 45 mph with traffic behind him. The footage shows a chicken literally trying to cross the road (yes, really). The bird takes off, but appears to miscalculate the truck’s speed. It’s tough to say with complete certainty, but it appears as though the bird didn’t make it.
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All of you animal lovers get a tiny hint of hope here, too. The driver says, “Could not feel the impact. I don’t recall even hearing a thud!” So maybe, just maybe, this foul managed to avoid an untimely fate. It almost certainly hit the windshield at the very least. What’s curious, though, is that FSD evidently didn’t even notice the impact. This brings up a good question. Shouldn’t the vehicle register an event like this?
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Turns out, small animals might be a blind spot for FSD. Another person responded in the thread about a recent encounter with an Owl. “A few weeks ago I was FSDing on a rural road at 45 MPH and had to slam on the brakes for a cute owl feasting on a rodent in the middle of the road,” they say. Sure enough, they backed it up with video. They’re not alone either, others report similar findings where the vehicle just didn’t react.
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Still, it’s not all bad news. One user shared a video showing their Cybertruck successfully stopping for a Canadian Goose standing in the middle of the lane. Interestingly, the goose looked a lot like typical road damage, blending into the pavement just enough to confuse a less attentive system. Yet in this case, FSD recognized the obstacle and slowed the truck down.
That’s encouraging, especially compared to other moments where the system didn’t react at all. Situations like this continue to highlight where lidar or radar might still offer real advantages. Until then, birds may want to reconsider their flight paths, or at the very least, remember to look both ways.
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