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I'm sure it's more complicated than it seems (or maybe not), but that video is pretty damning. It's not like something is blocking the car's view, the lights and crossing bars are very visible. Car just doesn't notice / keeps going.

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I'm trying to understand if there is a situation where driving into a red and white stripe with flashing lights on it is correct. Does the Tesla think that because there isn't anything below the crossing arm, that the arm is actually farther away? Or it looks vaguely similar to the back of a trailer, but not enough so that is ignored?

Yeah I'm wondering the same, is the just ... baseline obstacle avoidance somehow being bypassed or failing? Those arms are right there.

It's very strange. Even if it doesn't see it as a RR crossing, there's arms right there.

As far as I can tell from previous failures, teslas will only attempt to avoid obstacles they recognize. How anyone could set up a self driving system like that and think it's a good idea is beyond me.

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