Democratic representative Raja Krishnamoorthi has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to investigate videos showing Tesla drivers asleep at the wheel while using the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system. The request was made three weeks before a key European vote on October 6 about expanding FSD across the European Union. According to NBC News, four Tesla drivers said their cars continued to operate while they were asleep, using either Autopilot or FSD. Some drivers reportedly bypassed the system’s onboard cameras, which are designed to detect drowsiness, by wearing sunglasses or glasses. This year, 43 such videos have been uploaded online, with 17 posted after an earlier NBC investigation in August. Meanwhile, police have issued tickets or pursued 13 other drivers, but no videos were found in those cases. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported that at least 467 collisions and 14 deaths in 2024 were linked to the misuse of FSD technology. In Europe, a technical committee is set to vote on October 6 about expanding the use of supervised FSD across the entire Union. The decision will involve the 27 EU member states, which operate under a qualified majority rule—requiring support from 55% of countries representing 65% of the population. The vote focuses on the reliability of driver monitoring systems, which are mandated by regulation R171. These systems track eye movement, gestures, and head position, with alerts if a driver becomes inattentive. However, the American videos show how this monitoring can be easily bypassed using simple items like sunglasses. Several European countries have already approved supervised FSD at the national level, starting with the Netherlands on April 10, followed by Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark, Belgium, and Slovenia. These six countries represent only 8.9% of the EU’s population, far below the 65% threshold needed for a qualified majority. Tesla’s FSD system is programmed to exceed the displayed speed limit under certain traffic conditions. In a letter dated April 30, Sweden’s transport authority warned that widespread speed limit violations could undermine legal frameworks. French transport minister Philippe Tabarot raised concerns in July, noting that FSD vehicles had driven as fast as 70 km/h in a 50 km/h zone and that driver attention monitoring was insufficient. France has begun evaluating two FSD-equipped vehicles, with results expected this month. Germany, Italy, and Spain have not yet validated the system nationally. Tesla has shared data claiming that FSD is significantly safer than manual driving. According to a dashboard covering 100 million kilometers driven in FSD between April and August in five European countries, there were three highway and nine non-highway collisions, compared to 137 and 490 for manual driving. Globally, Tesla claims 10.5 billion kilometers of FSD use and a success rate exceeding 99% in 230,000 tested scenarios. However, these figures come from Tesla’s own engineering fleet, which chooses what data to publish and how, without independent verification. Dudley Curtis of the European Transport Safety Council said the numbers are “certainly concerning,” while Stein-Helge Mundal of Norway’s transport authority called them “self-generated.” In contrast, the Dutch agency RDW does not rely on marketing statistics for its decisions. A Reuters investigation found that Tesla submitted safety data to Dutch and Swedish regulators based on the hypothetical replacement of all U.S. vehicles with FSD-equipped cars. If the October 6 vote does not achieve a qualified majority, a second meeting of the technical committee is planned for early December. Tesla has not yet responded to NBC News’ request for comment.