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From 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 compar
by burnguy123 10y ago
From 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.