Zinger Key Points A New Jersey teenager failed his driver's training road test due to his family's Tesla vehicle. A look at what the instructor said led to the failed exam. See how Matt Maley is positioning for post-Fed volatility and momentum—live this Sunday, June 22 at 1 PM ET. A New Jersey teenager flunked his driver's test—allegedly not for how he drove, but for what he drove. What Happened: High school junior Lochlan Keefer used his family's Tesla TSLA Model Y during his May 16 driver's training road test in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. But a state examiner failed the student and claimed the car's advanced features, including regenerative braking and alleged driver-assistance systems, gave him an unfair edge. "Had the parking and stopping assistance on never stepped on the brake to stop his self let the vehicle stop itself," the examiner noted on the testing slip as reported by NJ.com. James Keefer, the student’s father, explained to the instructor that the Model Y features weren’t being used. "The examiner accused my son of using driver assistance features simply because he parallel parked smoothly on the first try," the father said. "He was specifically accused of using paid parking-assist and driving features, which we do not subscribe to." The vehicle has "regenerative braking," a feature Keefer’s son offered to disable multiple times but was told it wasn't necessary by the instructor. "But after the test – despite no safety issues and no actual driving faults – the examiner claimed driver assistance was active and retroactively said it should have been off.” The student driver was told to wait 14 days to retake the test without the braking system. A supervisor supported the instructor's failure decision.