Dutch regulator approves FSD Supervised after road and track tests

After more than a year and a half of tests, the Dutch vehicle authority approved Tesla's FSD Supervised. It judged the system safer than other driving aids because it strictly monitors the driver.

  • Not rated a person

    Owners in the Netherlands had not yet used the system when the RDW approved it, so the judgment rests on its tests.

  • Not rated society

    The RDW expects a positive contribution to road safety but reports no crash figures.

Depth runs from 1, a convenience or time saved, to 5, a life or a livelihood preserved.

Status
Intended benefit.
Evidence

foundstudiedreportedclaimed

An independent regulatory document supports the benefit.

Compared with

Other driving aids. Assumed without a measurement.

The system’s part
Not isolated. The RDW reports no comparison of driving with and without the system, so its part in road safety is not isolated. The RDW does not describe the AI or show that the system learns from data.
Limits
Not yet checked.
Costs and harms
Not yet checked.
Later
Persisted, 17 June 2026. The RDW reported that almost 40,000 cars had driven about 24 million km with the system in the Netherlands without relevant incidents. It now calls the system at least as safe as other driving aids, where in April it had called it safer.

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Benefit type
Increased Product Safety
System
FSD Supervised (Full Self Driving Supervised)
Made by
Tesla
Used by
Tesla, under an EU type approval valid for now only in the Netherlands
Where
Netherlands
Stage
In a pilot
Date
, when the source was published
Kind
Aggregate result
Broad benefit
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment, Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
Collections
Scrutiny and findings, Cross-border records
Last revised
31 October 2026

Sources

  1. Regulatory document, by authors with no tie to the system.

    RDW (Rijksdienst voor het Wegverkeer, Netherlands Vehicle Authority). Toelichting RDW op Europese typegoedkeuring Tesla met voorlopige geldigheid in Nederland. News item, 10 April 2026 (in Dutch).

    Het goed gebruiken van rijhulpsystemen levert een positieve bijdrage aan de verkeersveiligheid omdat de bestuurder wordt ondersteund in zijn rijtaken, het is een aanvulling op de bestuurder. Door de continue strikte monitoring van de bestuurder in het voertuig is het systeem veiliger dan andere rijhulpsystemen.

Details

AI system

Workflow

The RDW examined and tested the system for more than a year and a half on its test track and on public roads. Sensors check that the driver's eyes are on the road and that the hands are free to take over the wheel. Inattentive drivers get warnings and can lose the use of the system after repeated lapses.

Follow-up

Conditions for replication

The driver stays responsible and keeps control at all times. The system is used properly, as a supplement to the driver.

Entry details

Sector

Road transport / driver assistance.

Purpose

Tesla built FSD Supervised to take over many driving tasks while the driver supervises and stays responsible.

Not yet checked: model, release, provider, role, configuration, inputs and outputs, autonomy, human oversight, AI contribution, beneficiaries, reach, distribution and access, duration, every measurement question, every money question, ownership and control, dependencies, cross-border connections, geopolitical implications, replication attempts, availability, institutional decision, grounds, action and result, success criterion, every evidence question, observed or intended, alternative assessments, related entries, other identifiers, category mappings.

Cite this record

Peter H. Vartanian. (2026). Dutch regulator approves FSD Supervised after road and track tests (AIBD-0816). Artificial Intelligence Benefits Database, edition of 31 October 2026. https://petervartanian.xyz/aibd/records/AIBD-0816.html (archived at https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/AADSII, version 4.0)

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