After a decade of more and more data, more and more cars on the road, Tesla is getting worse and worse. It now causes more crashes and kills more people than ever. The last three months have each set new records showing the system is degrading road safety over time.

Belgium put that data to the test on their own and found Tesla in 2026 still can’t read basic traffic signs, and puts cyclists in danger.

FSD automated-driving system frequently exceeded speed limits and attempted to overtake cyclists on streets where ‌it’s prohibited, a road-safety advocacy group said, citing tests it conducted in Belgium.
The Belgian group Johanna.be – which advocates for pedestrian and cyclist safety – tested Tesla’s system over three days in July, covering about 400 km (249 miles). It found that FSD often exceeded speed limits ​in 20 km/h and 30 km/h zones, and incorrectly displayed higher speed limits to drivers, potentially misleading ​them about how fast the vehicle should travel.

The misleading drivers point is important. If the car gets “better” at misleading, then safety goes down while people think it should go up. That’s one of the most dangerous elements of Tesla, because what traffic law prohibits the dashboard running on AI that is misleading drivers? What law prohibits people from promising a system will improve, when it doesn’t, or it even gets worse?

Notably, Tesla initially claimed in 2013 it was rushing AI into its cars specifically to eliminate risks to cyclists (after a Tesla killed one on Highway 1). And for years it shamed and censored anyone who reported dangers and failires. Since then it has become infamous for hiding the data to delay and avoid being accountable.