Finland now permits Tesla's FSD (Supervised) driver assistance system on its roads, under a new name. On Nov. 10, the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency, Traficom, recognized the provisional type-approval granted by the Dutch authority. Traficom says Tesla can start offering the system to Finnish customers immediately.

What changed

The system is now called Tesla Assisted Driving. It was previously FSD (Supervised), short for Full Self-Driving (Supervised). The agency says references to self-driving have been removed from the name, and that the new name is used in Finnish- and Swedish-language marketing and user guidance materials.

Speed settings changed too. Drivers can no longer set the system to continuously hold a speed well above the limit; the agency's page gives the figure as 50 per cent. Settings that allow speeding reset to default settings, with no deviation from the speed limit, each time the car restarts.

The agency also says the information shown to drivers about the speed settings the system has chosen has been expanded and clarified.

The driver stays responsible

Traficom says the driver remains fully responsible for driving, even if the experience resembles a self-driving car. Drivers must monitor the system the whole time and be ready to steer, brake or accelerate, even if the system has not asked.

The agency suggests keeping hands on the wheel when unsure the car can handle what is ahead, such as a puddle of unknown depth or strong crosswinds. It adds that the driver, not the car, gets any speeding fine.

Why it matters

This is a national decision, not an EU-wide one. Final EU-wide approval needs a successful vote in the European Commission's Technical Committee - Motor Vehicles (TCMV), which Traficom expects this winter. After a successful vote, approval takes about three weeks to take effect across the EU.

Traficom says Finland is moving slightly faster than that process. It says Tesla has agreed to changes requested by member states, and that more changes are expected before the EU decision. It says those will not significantly affect how the system is used.

Finland's recognition does not bind it in the EU vote, the agency says. Owners of unmodified cars usually do not need a modification inspection.

What isn't announced

  • No software version or release date for Finnish owners. The agency says only that Tesla can offer the system now.
  • No price, and no count of eligible cars.
  • No decision from other countries in the source we read.

What we checked

We read Traficom's Nov. 11 news release, which describes its Nov. 10 decision, on the night of Nov. 12 ET. Every claim above is from that page. We did not test the system or see Tesla's own announcement.

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