05/19/2026
Haven’t read the full article, but I will say I use FSD 85% of my drive to work back, etc. I’m gonna be making more videos about it.
But it’s nice to have the future to give those with limitations independence because Lyft an Uber are just really expensive overtime
A Tesla owner who was born without arms and has spent his entire life driving with his feet, left foot on the steering wheel, right foot on gas and brake, says upgrading from a 7-year-old Model 3 to a new Model Y with FSD has been a "complete game changer" for his independence. The driver, who is fully licensed with only automatic transmission and power steering restrictions, says years of compensating for his congenital condition have led to significant arthritis in his hips, and FSD now removes much of the physical pressure and fatigue from each drive. He frames Tesla's autonomy work less as a futuristic tech story and more as practical accessibility, alongside other recent real-world FSD impact cases like the STEMI heart attack driver in Georgia whose Model Y on FSD drove him directly to the ER. Tesla's FSD v14 stack is currently averaging 5.3M miles per crash versus 660K for the US average, and Robotaxi software now runs on 8M existing Teslas, expanding what the same hardware can do for drivers of every physical ability and circumstance. For owners like this one, the case for FSD isn't about convenience or hype but about preserving freedom and mobility that no other car on the market currently offers in the same way.
