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"This is the first known fatality in just over 130 million miles where Autopilot was activated," states a post on Tesla's corporate website. "Among all vehicles
by roadnottaken 10y ago
"This is the first known fatality in just over 130 million miles where Autopilot was activated," states a post on Tesla's corporate website. "Among all vehicles in the U.S., there is a fatality every 94 million miles. Worldwide, there is a fatality approximately every 60 million miles. It is important to emphasize that the NHTSA action is simply a preliminary evaluation to determine whether the system worked according to expectations."
- burnguy123 10y agoFrom what I understand, the autopilot can only be used on highways. I would suspect that highway travel is much safer per mile in the first place. Are we comparing highway driving with autopilot to regular mixed city/highway driving?
- roadnottaken 10y agoGood question
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoAlso, those averages are over the entire car population, with a median age of around ten years and an average crash safety rating relatively far below that of a Model S.
- seizethecheese 10y agoHighways are the most dangerous environment. High speed combined with cross traffic. City streets don't have enough speed usually for crashes be lethal.
- malka 10y agowhat ? highways in the US have cross traffic ? In my country, the ABSENCE of such traffic is almost the definition for highways.
- ferrisford 10y agoIt's common to use the term 'freeway' or 'Interstate' (meaning Interstate Highway/Freeway) to refer to controlled access highways in the US. There's lots of highways in the US that are just 2 lanes, one in each direction, with a speed limit of 55mph and cross traffic from smaller roads that should stop first before turning on the highway in either direction. These are what we usually mean with the word 'highway'.
- knd775 10y agoHighway accidents are more likely to be fatal, though. Since we are talking about fatalities and not just accidents, this is definitely a factor.
- steve19 10y agoAre users running Autopilot during hazardous conditions such as heavy rain and snow? If not, comparing auto pilot deaths with average deaths per mile is disingenuous.
- tdaltonc 10y agoWhat would be an ingenuous comparison?
- cynix 10y agoYes. Apparently Autopilot sees lane markings better than humans in heavy rain.
- bennettfeely 10y agoAnd snow and ice?