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The vehicle moved through the fiberglass crossing arms and shattered the driver's window as a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train passed just feet away. Brown said he had zoned out while waiting for the train. The rear camera captured the train barely missing the car, and footage was shared with local media. Brown said he is not suing Tesla and that he will keep his foot over the brake at future crossings. 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The quoted sentence states the driver is lucky to be alive after the vehicle took control at a train crossing; life was put at risk, though no injury is stated.","harm_class":[],"affected_description":null,"protected_class_involved":null,"data_categories_exposed":[],"loss_range_usd":null,"reversibility":null,"downstream_exposure_count":null},"evidence":{"sources":[{"url":"https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/tesla-railroad-fsd-dallas","publisher":"Futurism","date":"2026-04-19","type":"press","title":"Tesla Driver Alarmed as FSD Takes Him Directly Into the Path of an Oncoming Train - Futurism","archived_url":null,"attachment":"first_report","independence":"independent"}],"per_field_confidence":{"event.agent_involved":"C","event.incident_class":"C","event.detection_method":"C","context.country":"C","impact.severity":"D","impact.severity_because":"D","event.primary_risk":"D","event.summary":"C","system.autonomy_level":"D","system.deployment_context":"D","event.trigger":"D","system.developer":"D","event.date_disclosed":"D","context.denominator_available":"D"},"field_citations":{"event.agent_involved":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing."}],"event.incident_class":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Footage shared with local media shows his Tesla plowing through the fiberglass crossing arms, shattering his window as the train screamed by just feet away."}],"event.detection_method":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing."}],"context.country":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing."}],"impact.severity":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"One Tesla driver is lucky to be alive after his vehicle took control as he waited for a train to pass."}],"impact.severity_because":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"One Tesla driver is lucky to be alive after his vehicle took control as he waited for a train to pass."}],"event.summary":[{"source_index":0,"quote":"Joshua Brown of Plano, Texas said his car’s Full Self-Driving mode engaged while he sat waiting at a railroad crossing."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Footage shared with local media shows his Tesla plowing through the fiberglass crossing arms, shattering his window as the train screamed by just feet away."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Brown admitted that he had zoned out while waiting for the train to pass — which is fair enough, if you’re a human."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"The Tesla’s rear camera captured the crossing as a Dallas Area Rapid Transit train blazed past, barely missing Brown by a few car lengths."},{"source_index":0,"quote":"Brown added that he’s not suing Tesla over the incident, and that the company maintains drivers are “supposed to be actively engaged when you’re driving.”"},{"source_index":0,"quote":"I guarantee you, I will have my foot over the break at a — or just engage it — at a train crossing though."}]},"notes_on_gaps":"Single press source (Futurism); no company or government report. 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