{ "id": "AIBD-0139", "title": "Tesla FSD v12 may have driven owner Max Paul Franklin 13 miles to a VA emergency room during an insulin-pump failure at 2 a.m. in North Carolina", "summary": "By his own X account, FSD v12 drove Max Paul Franklin 13 miles to a VA emergency room at 2 a.m. on 2 April 2024; uncorroborated.", "date_observed": "2024-04-02", "date_basis": "unassessed", "date_precision": "unassessed", "benefit_status": null, "source_collection": null, "source_entry": null, "account": "By his own account, posted on X on 10 April 2024, Max Paul Franklin, a North Carolina television producer, had severe dehydration. His blood glucose read 670 at 2 a.m. on 2 April 2024 after his insulin pump malfunctioned. He says he got into his Tesla Model Y and engaged the Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v12 trial unlocked the day before. He says it drove the 13 miles to the VA emergency room without intervention and offered to park. It is the Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, per Il Fatto Quotidiano. He reports a mild heart attack and discharge with no restrictions. Tesla and Elon Musk reposted it on 11 April 2024. No hospital or official source has confirmed it.", "category": "protective response", "unexpected": false, "purpose": "FSD (Supervised) is built to navigate a Tesla to a chosen destination while an attentive driver supervises it. Driving Franklin to the destination he set is that function. Use by a driver impaired by a medical emergency is not an intended use. Hindustan Times notes the system depends on driver intervention when needed. A Tesla owner quoted by Tesla Oracle calls it a Level 2 system. It requires hands on the wheel and eyes on the road even when active.", "system": "Tesla Full Self-Driving (Supervised) v12 on a Tesla Model Y", "model_version": "FSD v12 (Supervised), unlocked on the car on 1 April 2024 per Franklin and Tesla Oracle; the exact build is not stated (The Driven describes the then-current release as 12.3.3)", "developer": "Tesla", "deployer": null, "location": "Asheville, United States", "domain": "Road transport / access to emergency care", "segment": "Consumer driver-assistance software on a privately owned vehicle", "benefit_type": "Improved Physical Health", "taxonomy_note": "The documented good is transport to emergency care; no health outcome is reported.", "registry_ids": { "oecd_aim": "2024-04-12-a558" }, "ratings": [ { "group": "personal", "depth": 2, "reason": "By his own account Franklin reached a VA emergency room during an insulin-pump failure with blood glucose at 670. He was treated for a mild heart attack and left with no restrictions. No clinician, hospital or official source confirms the emergency, the drive or that his life was at risk. So the life-saving claim in the headlines is not established." } ], "ai_role": { "status": "unassessed", "statement": "The only description of what FSD did is Franklin's. Engaged by a double click of the stalk, it drove 13 miles to the VA emergency room without intervention and offered to park on arrival. No Tesla vehicle data, dashcam footage, hospital record, emergency-service log or official statement has been found. No outlet reports having interviewed him or the hospital. Tesla's corporate account and Elon Musk reposted the story on 11 April 2024 but added no facts. The photos attached to the post are two hospital-bed selfies and a night shot of a Model Y in a wet car park. They show no route, timestamp or hospital name. Some syndicated coverage garbles the story (Sky TG24 places him in Virginia and describes low blood sugar). The counterfactual, calling emergency services, driving himself or not reaching care, is unexamined. Commenters cited by Il Fatto Quotidiano argued he should have called for help." }, "evidence": [ { "kind": "other", "citation": "Franklin, M. P. (2024). My Crazy True Story. Post on X, @MAXPAULFRANKLIN, 10 April 2024 (04:38 UTC), status 1777918962870718909; four photos attached.", "title": "My Crazy True Story", "url": "https://x.com/MAXPAULFRANKLIN/status/1777918962870718909", "date": "2024-04-10", "written_by": "beneficiary", "quote": "In a moment of dire need, at 2:00 am the following morning, I found myself grappling with severe dehydration and a blood glucose level of 670" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Mahapatra, T. D. (2024). Tesla FSD navigated 13-mile journey to Emergency Room to save a man, Elon Musk responds. Hindustan Times, 12 April 2024.", "title": "Tesla FSD navigated 13-mile journey to Emergency Room to save a man, Elon Musk responds", "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/elon-musk-responds-to-tesla-full-self-driving-that-drove-a-man-to-the-hospital-saving-his-life-101712894057291.html", "date": "2024-04-12", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "Without any intervention, the car skillfully navigated the 13-mile journey from my home to the VA Emergency Room." }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Bleakley, D. (2024). Autonomous EV saves man: Tesla Model Y drives heart attack victim 20 kms to hospital. The Driven, 12 April 2024.", "title": "Autonomous EV saves man: Tesla Model Y drives heart attack victim 20 kms to hospital", "url": "https://thedriven.io/2024/04/12/autonomous-ev-saves-man-tesla-model-y-drives-heart-attack-victim-20-kms-to-hospital/", "date": "2024-04-12", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "Despite enduring a mild heart attack, I left the hospital with no restrictions on my exercise regimen" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Il Fatto Quotidiano (2024). Ha un infarto e crisi glicemica mentre è al volante, la sua Tesla gli salva la vita: \"Ha guidato da sola per 20 km fino al pronto soccorso\". 14 April 2024.", "title": "Ha un infarto e crisi glicemica mentre è al volante, la sua Tesla gli salva la vita", "url": "https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/04/14/ha-un-infarto-e-crisi-glicemica-mentre-e-al-volante-la-sua-tesla-gli-salva-la-vita-ha-guidato-da-sola-per-20-km-fino-al-pronto-soccorso/7513224/", "date": "2024-04-14", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "ha percorso circa 20 chilometri senza interventi umani fino al Charles George Medical Center di Asheville, un centro medico per veterani" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Ali, I. (2024). The true story of how FSD V12 helped a Tesla owner reach hospital and saved his life. Tesla Oracle (enthusiast site), 12 April 2024.", "title": "The true story of how FSD V12 helped a Tesla owner reach hospital and saved his life", "url": "https://www.teslaoracle.com/2024/04/12/the-true-story-of-how-fsd-v12-helped-a-tesla-owner-reach-hospital-and-saved-his-life/", "date": "2024-04-12", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "both Tesla's official X company account and Elon Musk reposted the story on the social media platform" }, { "kind": "news report", "citation": "Siasat Daily (2024). Tesla's full self-driving feature saves man's life in US; Musk responds. 12 April 2024 (the source listed by the OECD Monitor).", "title": "Tesla's full self-driving feature saves man's life in US; Musk responds", "url": "https://www.siasat.com/teslas-full-self-driving-feature-saves-mans-life-in-us-musk-responds-3007838", "date": "2024-04-12", "written_by": "independent", "quote": "Glad Tesla FSD was there to help and that you're feeling well!" } ], "replication": { "produced_by": [ "A Tesla Model Y with the FSD (Supervised) v12 trial active, which Franklin says Tesla had unlocked for all US cars on 1 April 2024", "A driver who, by his account, could still reach the car, engage FSD by double-clicking the stalk and set the emergency room as destination", "A 13-mile route to the VA emergency room that the system, on his account, completed without intervention and then offered to park" ], "must_hold": [ "FSD (Supervised) requires an attentive driver with hands on the wheel and eyes on the road (Hindustan Times; Tesla Oracle quoting owner James Locke). A driver too impaired to supervise would be outside its intended use", "The account is Franklin's alone. No hospital, emergency-service, police or vehicle-log record of the drive has been found. The photos attached to the post do not show the route, a timestamp or the hospital", "Emergency services remain the documented first resort. 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