Twitch Stream Shows Tesla Self-Driving Feature Almost Causing Accident

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A Twitch streamer going by the name of jondwillis has almost had a disastrous experience while beta-testing Tesla's Full Self-Driving feature on his latest ride-along. As his featured clip plainly shows, the vehicle almost caused a car crash that, though not necessarily outright fatal, could've turned dangerous all the same.

Jondwillis has been streaming his Tesla FSD adventures on Twitch over the past couple of days, and though he's had a few hitches here and there, it doesn't seem like any of them have been nearly as tense as what happened this last time. The incident took place while the broadcaster was driving from Washington DC to San Francisco, at what looks like a completely ordinary set of traffic lights.

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As jondwillis quickly found out, his Tesla had frozen up completely, not recognizing any inputs via the touchpad panel. As the lights turned green, the Tesla tried to back up into another vehicle for some reason, and it was the driver's quick reaction that stopped the car accident from happening. Though car-related streams and events are somewhat common on Twitch, as was the case of Hasan Piker trending after his $200,000 purchase, few of them get nearly as tense as what jondwillis had experienced here.

Following the incident, the streamer took over full control over the vehicle and pulled over into a nearby parking lot to settle down, as the experience must've been harrowing at that time. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that, had there been an accident, it wouldn't be the first time. Back in 2020, a distracted Tesla driver was killed when his car swerved into a freeway divider while he was playing games on the vehicle's