Tesla Refuses to Restore FSD Speed Cap
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- Parker Police Department (Colorado) pulled over a Tesla going 64 mph in a 45 mph zone; the driver blamed "Full Self-Driving" and demanded a supervisor, prompting the department to publicly state that driver-assist tech does not replace the driver.
- Tesla removed the adjustable speed offset in FSD v14 that let drivers cap how far over the limit the car would go, replacing it with fixed presets named Sloth, Chill, Standard, Hurry, and Mad Max.
- The article's author reports their own FSD-equipped Tesla accelerated itself to 78 km/h on a 50 km/h road in Standard mode — 28 km/h over the limit, with their foot nowhere near the pedal — resulting in a speeding ticket.
- Tesla's head of AI Ashok Elluswamy called a user-set speed limit an "anti-pattern" and said the company would rather make FSD "smarter" than let owners override the system's chosen speed.
- Sweden told the EU to reject Tesla's FSD unless the speeding behavior is removed, putting regulatory pressure on a Level 2 system that knowingly breaks posted limits.
- Tesla sells FSD for $99 a month under the "Full Self-Driving" name while classifying it as Level 2 supervised driving, and CEO Elon Musk has publicly claimed FSD drivers can text behind the wheel.
Why it matters: Tesla has the technical fix — a hard speed cap — and is refusing to ship it while still marketing the system as "Full Self-Driving" at $99/month, leaving owners to absorb tickets and liability for a product Sweden is already pushing the EU to reject.
