Unreleased Tesla FSD vs Europe’s DEATHTRAP GAUNTLET

Closer.

It needs to go closer.

I think we might be stuck here for a while.

No, no, don't go there.

This is the unreleased European build of Tesla full self-driving version 14.1.7 that is supposed to launch any day now

in February 2026. And while American YouTubers cruise in robo taxis through wide lanes and perfect weather, I decided to send it to the most difficult

pothole riddle death traps I could find.

You'll see moments where this car drives better than a human, but you're also going to see where it failed and where it outright wanted to break the law. And

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Okay. Met.

I'm sitting in the passenger seat of a Tesla Model 3 Performance Highland. a

self-driving car that anybody can buy today. We're starting our ride along

today. We're starting our ride along through Bruhonitita and Cheslitza just outside Prague. Look at the screen and

outside Prague. Look at the screen and you'll immediately notice this isn't the US software. This is the European branch

US software. This is the European branch of FSD14.1.7, the specific build currently being evaluated by Dutch regulators for a

potential release. Notice the FSD

potential release. Notice the FSD supervised hands ready mode off announcement in the top middle of the screen. These messages are one of the

screen. These messages are one of the biggest changes made so that FSD would comply with European regulations.

Right off the bat, you can see and hear the reality of Czech roads. We are

driving through what I can only describe as pothole city. Because this is the performance model with stiff suspension, the ride is harsh and the underlying

smoothness of FSD is hard to perceive.

The car sees the craters, but the safety driver himself told me that it doesn't avoid them just yet. FSD perfectly

responds to the local triangular yield sign and executes our first left turn without stopping. European road rules

without stopping. European road rules are completely different, and even the Czech Republic itself has some local specialties. Tesla hasn't fully solved

specialties. Tesla hasn't fully solved yet, which this test drive is going to reveal very soon.

The next left turn is a step up in difficulty, going unprotected across multiple unmarked lanes. And although

FSD decides to fully stop this time, it shoots the first open gap. And the

result is again impressively smooth.

And then it does this. Did you see that immediate blinker change from left to right? It was zero delay. The moment the

right? It was zero delay. The moment the planner decided the lane was clear, the car just went. It was assertive, decisive, and felt incredibly human.

Just like this roundabout entry, this is what FSD excels in. So, you're probably wondering, how on earth am I going to make it fail? Don't worry, we'll get to

it. Now, watch the speed. It locks

it. Now, watch the speed. It locks

itself to exactly 25 kmh. It flows

through the roundabout maximizing efficiency and then accelerates out smoothly.

Let's talk about speed limits because this is huge. In the Czech Republic, a speed limit sign is implicitly cancelled by any intersection. This has been a

nightmare for Tesla's consumer software for years. The car often keeps driving

for years. The car often keeps driving slow because it never saw an end of speed limit sign.

So, let's pay attention to this specific problem and see if the FSD test vehicle is handling it any better. And to

complicate things further, we have just entered a 40 km per hour speed limit zone, which is the only exception to this rule, where the speed limit actually resets when you pass another

sign ending the zone. But the real challenge is dead ahead. One of the worst designed intersections I've ever seen because it makes it absolutely unclear where you're supposed to stop

for the red light. The physical signal is mounted past the junction. Yet,

there's absolutely no stop line painted on the road before the intersection.

It's our first mini death trap. If you

follow your instinct and pull up to the light and the only painted line, you effectively block the side street. But

FSD doesn't fall for it. It computes a virtual stop line right here before the intersection, leaving the gap open. Let

me know in the comments if you would fail this test, because I certainly would. Now, notice how the screen still

would. Now, notice how the screen still correctly displays a speed limit of 40 even after passing multiple intersections, which is correct in this

case because remember, we're still in the speed limit zone. The catch is that while dissecting this footage, I couldn't find any place where we actually drove past the appropriate sign

that would officially mark the end of this zone. So, technically, the car

this zone. So, technically, the car should never go past 40 until we reach the end of city limits. Oh, I'm sorry.

Did I mention the speed limits are complicated here in the Czech Republic?

I thought I did. Here is where things start to get really interesting and promising for FSD speed control handling, which by the way is still one

of the biggest unresolved issues even in the US. The Tesla now shows a higher

the US. The Tesla now shows a higher speed limit of 50 km per hour, the standard within city limits. But, and I checked this multiple times, guys, FSD

never actually goes past 40. In fact, it goes exactly up to 40. So, what could this mean? The first explanation could

this mean? The first explanation could be that FSD is just being conservative with the speed limit and hitting 40 but not more is just a happy coincidence. It

could also mean, however, that FSD speed control here is somehow being decoupled or just plain smarter than the official GPS data and speed limit sign reading

behavior. Either way, it's not doing

behavior. Either way, it's not doing anything wrong. In fact, the ride feels

anything wrong. In fact, the ride feels extremely pleasant, confident, and smooth the whole way. Don't get me wrong, this isn't how most people would drive, but it's exactly what the

regulators want to see.

Did you just hear the fastened seat belt notification from the back? That was

actually another Tesla employee, a trainee who asked me if she could join the ride along and learn from her colleague, the active supervisor behind the steering wheel. Just speculating

here, but this looks like to me that the ridealong program is going to continue and potentially even expand or just that FSD demonstrations will gradually become

a mandatory part of even the ordinary test drives. Either way, Tesla is

test drives. Either way, Tesla is actively expanding their Prague team of FSD experts, which is great to see. What

isn't great to see is the car passing multiple intersections now without properly resetting the speed limit back to 50. It's right here where that

to 50. It's right here where that finally happens. And that makes me

finally happens. And that makes me believe that the explicit internal speed limits are still mostly based on GPS data, which can be then overridden by

any sign that the car actually sees and registers. Of course, FSD then takes

registers. Of course, FSD then takes this speed limit and treats it as a ceiling more than a target. That's one

of the biggest differences between smart FSD and dumb autopilot, which starts aggressively accelerating, actively trying to hit the ceiling. Case in

point, FSD is driving less than half the maximum speed it's currently allowed on this rough back road. The navigation is insisting we turn left here. It thinks

there's a way, but looking out the window, there's no proper road, just something that looks more like a private driveway. It decides to abort the left

driveway. It decides to abort the left turn completely and just drop us off nearby. It prioritized what it could see

nearby. It prioritized what it could see over what the GPS told it to do. And

since these test cars are set up for a curbside drop off, this was, in my opinion, the correct move. On the other hand, if that was a driveway leading to my house, this move would have been

incorrect. But like I said, the parking

incorrect. But like I said, the parking options are strictly limited to curbside for this evaluation release, which is a big difference from the robust parking

options in the current available US release.

And once again, speed limit is 90 and FSD only ever reaches 45, exactly half.

I sent us into a dead end where the only place to turn around is a private parking lot. Curious if FSD can make its

parking lot. Curious if FSD can make its way back. Unfortunately, we had our

way back. Unfortunately, we had our first human intervention here, but it wasn't for safety or because FSD couldn't handle it. The driver explained to me later that he just didn't want to

pay the parking fee that's mandatory upon entry here. He even turns the car around manually, effectively avoiding the first death trap entirely. On the

other hand, I have to give the Prague Tesla team massive props for even allowing me to set my own custom route.

That speaks volumes about their confidence in FSD. And I can promise you they won't dodge our next trap so easily.

Another tricky intersection handled perfectly with no stop. And this is exactly why FSD is going to be way better in Europe the second it comes out

than it could ever be in the US. It's

pretty simple. Europe mostly uses yield signs and roundabouts, so FSD can just keep moving smoothly. Stop signs are rare here, which is a huge advantage. In

the US, stop signs are easily the most annoying part of using FSD nowadays. The

government rules force all self-driving cars to come to a complete dead stop at every single one. They ban the rolling stop that pretty much every human driver

does. FSD just isn't allowed to drive

does. FSD just isn't allowed to drive like a real person because stop signs are absolutely everywhere in the US.

This annoyance just piles up. That is

why FSD in Europe will naturally be a much smoother and better ride. The US

version won't ever be able to compete unless the laws change. We enter a residential area kept at 20 km hour,

which is almost impossible to maintain as a human driver. This is where the robotic nature of FSD really pays off, even when it isn't impressive at first

sight. just acts like basic cruise

sight. just acts like basic cruise control at the moment. But unlike any other system, it adapts to everything.

Just look at this gradual slow down for a speed bump all the way to 10 km hour and then a careful speed up back to 20.

But then FSD does something really interesting. We're still two turns away

interesting. We're still two turns away from our destination. Yet, it decides that right now is the best time and place to drop us off. curbside. Again,

of course, I never noticed this happening to FSD in the US. In fact, I heard people complain that FSD never parks before reaching the destination

first, even when there's ideal parking spots on the way there.

As we approach the end of this residential area, another challenge emerges. There's an intersection with a

emerges. There's an intersection with a really bad view, especially to the left.

The car creeps in cautiously and again proceeds without stopping. The speed

limit then jumps from 20 to 40, which can only be attributed to GPS data since there's no sign anywhere in sight. And

if FSD would just follow the logic of the residential zone ending, it would have updated to 50 and not just 40. When

the GPS data is correct, the speed limit prediction becomes superhuman. Here, the

car started slowing down way before the sign was visible. But oftentimes, a ridiculously slow speed limit gets loaded into the system, which is something Tesla still needs to improve.

The good news is when FSD actually needs to go slow, like in this super tight alley, it doesn't need a speed limit sign to work perfectly. It just figures it out. It only becomes a problem when

it out. It only becomes a problem when the road is clear and the car should be going faster, but it gets held back by a wrong speed limit in the system. And I

think every American FSD user will be jealous seeing how the system handled this intersection. There was actually a

this intersection. There was actually a stop sign here, but FSD pulled off a perfect rolling stop, only slowing down to 1 km per hour. I really hope European

regulators either overlook this and leave the feature alone unlike the US government or just accept it because it is exactly how real people drive. As the

screen renders another EU mandated message, this time initiating roundabout maneuver, it reminds us once again about all the differences we've discovered so

far between the European and the original American FSD. And honestly, I was worried that we would get an inferior product crippled by ridiculous

compliance requirements, but so far it looks like we're actually getting a better version of FSD if they actually approve it in this state you're seeing right now. The smoothness is getting

right now. The smoothness is getting pretty ridiculous, but let's back up this claim with data. Right here, the car starts slowing down for a speed bump

whole 7 seconds before hitting it. The

performance Model 3 stiffer suspension needs to be careful around these for sure. And now we are gliding smoothly

sure. And now we are gliding smoothly through all these intersections because the car knows it's on the main road and has the right of way. In the US, the system would have to be on high alert,

constantly stopping to calculate who got to the intersection first. A perfect

example of how European traffic rules actually allow FSD to perform so much better.

Except the pothole situation, of course.

This right here is the highlight of the drive. My personal favorite moment. We

drive. My personal favorite moment. We

are heading into a narrow funnel because of an oncoming van clumsily trying to let us through. Suddenly, a Skoda starts reversing blindly right into our path

from a blind spot. Any basic ADAS system would either slam the brakes and freeze or crash into the Skoda. FSD breaks

firmly but surprisingly calmly and watches. The microcond the Shkod stops

watches. The microcond the Shkod stops moving, the Tesla makes a decision. It

asserts itself. It calculates the clearance and shoots the gap. That

negotiation, the ability to claim the space. Even here, it starts accelerating

space. Even here, it starts accelerating into the narrow section before the BMW even passes us. I realize that I might sound like a fanboy here, but when you're sitting in the vehicle as it

drives you around, this stuff is genuinely impressive.

The next way point on our way is in fact another death trap. I sent the car to a dead end at a local horse riding farm, hoping for perhaps some interesting

animal interactions, but what I actually got on tape turned out to be much more interesting. The only way out is a

interesting. The only way out is a U-turn on a pretty narrow road. A human

would naturally use these driveway entrances to easily turn around in three turns, but FSD didn't even want to touch them, awkwardly forcing the entire

maneuver strictly within the tight confines of the main road. Then again,

we could absolutely spin this as FSD having a deep profound respect for private property. So, we get a

private property. So, we get a nine-point turn forward, reverse, forward, reverse. Because there's no

forward, reverse. Because there's no physical gear stalk, the shifting is electronic and instant. There and back again while still rocking. It's shifting

faster than human hands could physically move. Robotic, surgical, and honestly

move. Robotic, surgical, and honestly felt like a bit of a flex. Especially

that last move when it got incredibly close to the curb with absolute confidence. slows down for a steep drop,

confidence. slows down for a steep drop, expertly threads its way through the narrow sections again, and perfectly paces every speed bump. Honestly, it

does this so automatically now that I'm just speeding up the footage. It is

genuinely wild to think how far FSD has come to the point where flawlessly driving more than 95% of this European death trap route is now just considered

a boring solved problem. But the

challenge is not over just yet. In fact,

the most spectacular failures are still ahead of us. After merging onto the main road, we pass some speed bumps with recommended speeds. FSD gets confused

recommended speeds. FSD gets confused and treats the second one as a hard speed limit. This is exactly what I was

speed limit. This is exactly what I was warning you about earlier. The road is clear, the car ready to move, but the system is stuck at 20, forcing us to

crawl. Even worse, when the limit jumps

crawl. Even worse, when the limit jumps back to 40, the acceleration is sluggish. Instead of getting back up to

sluggish. Instead of getting back up to speed like a normal driver, it just takes its sweet time like we have all the time in the world. It isn't until we hit the 90 kmh zone, leaving the city,

that it finally gets the hint and properly accelerates.

Watch this perfect timing. FSD is

gradually speeding up just as the new city speed limit drops down and they meet beautifully at exactly 50 km per hour. We finally get to see the car

hour. We finally get to see the car actually pushing its legal limit.

Notice the new chest supercharger on the left. It's one of the only two we have

left. It's one of the only two we have in all of Prague next to its older brother Investat. The number of

brother Investat. The number of superchargers in our country still makes us look way more like Eastern Europe than the West, but it's definitely improving. Coming up is a right turn at

improving. Coming up is a right turn at a much busier intersection. Did you

catch the screen? The required lane change text popped up almost 5 seconds before the car actually used the turn signal. Thinking ahead, just like the

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close look at the UI here. There are

absolutely no chill standard or MadMax profiles. I have a feeling Tesla knows

profiles. I have a feeling Tesla knows regulators aren't going to sign off on a button called Mad Max. Instead, European

FSD features something US owners have been desperately begging for, the speed offset percentage, even though the safety driver revealed they've been

testing it with up to 10% offset. For

this test, it's locked at zero. That

makes the speed limit a hard ceiling. If

the sign says 50, we never touch 51.

That checks out with what we've seen so far, right? It drives with the

far, right? It drives with the discipline of someone taking their driving test. Absolutely terrified of

driving test. Absolutely terrified of breaking the speed limit by even 1 kilometer per hour. It makes the ride feel safe, almost sedated, but it's exactly what the authorities want and

need to see.

Up ahead is another death trap. The most

sinister one so far, which brings us to the first and only, in my opinion, real FSD failure of the entire drive. The

Hornbach parking lot ticket machine. FSD

pulls up. The safety driver rolls down the window, but the car is just too far away. He actually has to disengage the

away. He actually has to disengage the system and physically climb out of the car to grab the ticket. It's hilarious,

but also interesting because the US version of FSD already handles this exact situation perfectly most of the time. The second the barrier lifts, he

time. The second the barrier lifts, he turns FSD right back on. But since our next destination is already locked in, the car immediately has to figure out

how to escape the exact parking lot it just drove into.

Shortly after entering, the map data rerous us to a different exit across the lot. Let's see how that turns out.

lot. Let's see how that turns out.

Carefully navigating around all these oncoming vans who honestly look like paid actors I hired to make this death trap even worse. FSD handles the low-speed highdensity precision

driving beautifully here. Couldn't have

hoped for a much better benchmark than this. The only thing missing is an

this. The only thing missing is an actual parking attempt, but right now we're just trying to escape.

FSD is making great progress towards the other exit, staying super slow and cautious, as it should.

Unfortunately, the navigation completely betrays us. It confidently roots us

betrays us. It confidently roots us toward an exit that was bricked up a long, long time ago. The feedback loop starts and FSD continues driving where

it can, but the map doesn't update whatsoever. A perfect demonstration of

whatsoever. A perfect demonstration of how the smart brain is held back by basic navigation issues. Finally, as the car signals right to yet another doomed

escaped attempt, the safety driver mercifully disengages and manually drives us out. It's a bit of a shame that he didn't let it run for a little longer because I think the car had a

good shot of eventually getting out on its own. That said, I also agree it

its own. That said, I also agree it should have managed to do so on the first try.

So, FSD failed to enter the parking lot on its own and it failed to find the way out. Will it also fail to exit?

out. Will it also fail to exit?

It looks like it's getting noticeably closer to the ticket machine this time.

And fortunately, we don't even need to test that theory because the gate lifts on its own and lets us through.

Clearly, the European FSD isn't yet handling gates and parking lots with the same grace as its US counterpart, which now tackles even underground garages

without breaking a sweat. I'm incredibly

curious to see when the improvements from versions 14.2 and the upcoming 14.3 will finally merge into this European branch. Everything is going fine,

branch. Everything is going fine, driving exactly at the speed limit of 50 km per hour with only occasional minor slowdowns for pedestrians or

intersections. But the final boss, our

intersections. But the final boss, our last death trap, is quickly approaching.

Notice how much I'm speeding up here because FSD does everything flawlessly.

It slows all the way down to 30 for the new strict speed limit at this intersection and holds it even after passing through. The intersection should

passing through. The intersection should cancel the restriction, making this technically incorrect, except there happens to be another 30 sign just around the corner. That fact turns an

unnecessary slow motion section into a calculated energyefficient predictive maneuver.

And now for the final course, the ultimate death trap local water park.

FSD is lucky it's February. The temps

outside are freezing, so we don't have to dodge any beachgoers at the moment. A

skillfully executed unprotected left turn gets us inside the general area.

And once we're there, the cart starts signaling right as if it wanted to turn into the garage, but then changes its mind and continues forward instead.

Definitely the correct move.

It scouts the inside perimeter, hunting for a spot to drop us off again. And in

the end, it decides to do so at the main entrance. Wait a moment. Correction.

entrance. Wait a moment. Correction.

Cancel the left turn signal immediately.

This isn't the main entrance. It's just

a random hotel lobby. I have to deliver these humans to a water park and this just doesn't cut it. Let's continue the search.

FSD feels truly sentient here and finally decides to dump us on the curb at the exact last second before bolting back onto the main road.

I have really high hopes for the overall smoothness of self-driving in Europe.

Yes, our future robo taxis will require high-end suspensions and perfect pothole avoidance, but at least they can actually get somewhere without stopping constantly. And finally, the last

constantly. And finally, the last failure of the day, and honestly, probably the worst one. Right as we approached the Tesla center, the map commanded a left turn and FSD put on the

blinker, but the lane is clearly marked straight only, and there's also a traffic sign explicitly forbidding a left turn. The car started to make the

left turn. The car started to make the turn. The road was clear, so it was

turn. The road was clear, so it was safe, but it would have been completely illegal. The driver intervened and

illegal. The driver intervened and funnily enough completed the illegal turn himself.

In this specific hierarchy, the car incorrectly relied on the GPS route more than its own vision of both traffic signs, vertical and horizontal. In a

city like Prague, where traffic patterns change week over week, but maps stay old for years, that's a critical issue. A

definitive pattern is emerging from this drive. The vision and the realtime

drive. The vision and the realtime driving are genuinely excellent. The

single biggest bottleneck holding it back is still the outdated map and navigation data. But here is the good

navigation data. But here is the good news. Tesla has just committed to fixing

news. Tesla has just committed to fixing this. finally aggressively starting to

this. finally aggressively starting to hire to improve maps and navigation starting February 11th. Tesla's

priorities are clear. Approval first,

feature refinement later. So, let's hope together that European FSD is ready to pass the test. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope you enjoyed my first

official FSD ride along as much as I did. Now, let's up the difficulty to

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