I didn’t think Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode could get any more dangerous. In the United States, there are stories (shared by Tesla itself) of people with failing eyesight, no limbs, and severe arthritis using FSD to drive when they otherwise shouldn’t be on the road. It’s terrifying to think this is happening, since FSD is nowhere near capable of anything beyond Level 2 driving assistance, if that.
However, it seems like Full Self-Driving mode just got more horrifying over in China.
Tesla fans in China are being just as dangerous as the ones in the U.S.
To use FSD, Tesla implements driver-monitoring systems that ensure drivers keep their eyes on the road. You know, since it’s not autonomous as Elon Musk claimed for a decade. However, there is apparently a group of weirdos in China who still believe that Full Self-Driving mode is actually capable of driving on its own.
These freaks have started using plastic doll heads to trick Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems into believing someone is watching the road. In reality? They are just as stupid as the morons in America who are letting Tesla’s FSD take over for them.
Wired reported that it’s become a growing trend in China to find random figures and dolls to trick Tesla’s in-cabin cameras. One viral instance had a driver using a miniature head resembling Dwayne Johnson. Some figurines are even being custom-made to specifically be mounted near the Tesla’s rearview mirror to partially block its view.
This trend isn’t completely new for Chinese Tesla owners. The country requires stricter distracted-driving monitoring via a software update in 2025, which has frustrated Tesla fans in China who believe the car can drive without them. They initially used sunglasses and steering wheel weights to trick the system.
While it may sound ridiculous, I believe this proves that Chinese drivers have more in common with American drivers than xenophobes originally thought. There are some sensible people in China who find FSD alarming, and Tesla is being sued by those who feel they were lied to about its capabilities. Same as the United States. These are the people who find this whole doll head trend to be terrifying.
But China also has weirdos who shouldn’t be allowed on the road, convinced Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode is autonomous. I really thought this kind of deranged obsession over a rich person’s claims was unique to the United States, but it seems there are Chinese people under Musk’s spell as well. These people are willing to risk their lives – and the lives of others – over their obsession with proving FSD can do more than what Musk recently was forced to admit to.
And right here in America, we have Tesla fanboys just like that. They’re all free to drive among us, letting their Level 2 vehicles drive without supervision, taking horrific risks just to prove it’s “capable” to the haters.
But I say, hey, at least it’s a lesson for the kids: Other countries aren’t so different after all. They have level-headed people as well as delusioned doll-buying Musk morons as well.
And that’s beautiful.
