{"id":252472,"date":"2026-04-16T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252472\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:52:07","slug":"video-tesla-autopilot-forces-car-through-railroad-gate-in-plano-as-dart-train-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/252472\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Tesla autopilot forces car through railroad gate in Plano as DART train approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Army veteran with more than 40,000 miles of experience using Tesla\u2019s Full Self-Driving feature, Brown described the close call as rattling. \u201cAbout the time I realized I was moving, the bar is right there, like right in front of me,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d rather somebody shoot at me than be looking at a train 100 feet away.\u201d He added, \u201cI feel blessed. I still have a purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/news\/texas-tesla-autopilot-drives-through-railroad-crossing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The incident was captured on the Tesla\u2019s cameras.<\/a> Tesla took possession of the damaged vehicle for repairs and is investigating the cause. The company released a new version of its Full Self-Driving Supervised software the following day, claiming a 20 percent faster reaction time for improved safety.<\/p>\n<p>No one was hurt and the crossing returned to normal operation. The event adds to broader questions about advanced driver assistance systems at railroad crossings, where federal regulators have examined multiple incidents nationwide. Tesla stresses that its technology requires active driver supervision at all times.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LISTEN<\/a> on the Audacy App<br \/>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a> to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<br \/>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Army veteran with more than 40,000 miles of experience using Tesla\u2019s Full Self-Driving feature, Brown described the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-252472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}