The driver attentiveness tracking system is widely detested. A Tesla driver says he's found a simple way to fool it that calls to mind the classic 80s movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
Much like the titular character, who used a dummy and a recording to pretend he was home in bed with the flu, his solution is surprisingly low-tech. But he swears by it.
Tesla Model Y driver (@numnuts352) shared his methodology in a short video.
“So here’s the secret,” he says. He focuses on the EV’s exterior glass and the nature of his hack becomes clear. There's a photo there of him sitting in the driver's seat. He says that because the image of him looking at the road is constantly being displayed to the Tesla’s inside dash cam, he’s able to fool its software.
He says the Tesla believes the image pasted in front of the interior dash lens is genuine. This purportedly allows him to take his hands off the wheel and browse his phone, read a book, or do whatever he wants without activating his Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) Supervised functionality.
