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Actually we can't even go that far. >22 The crash rates are for all miles travelled before and after Autopilot installation and are not limited to actual Autop

• zaroth 10y ago
  Which is exactly how you would want the analysis to be done. Because of course there were no autopilot miles in the before bucket you would be skewing the analysis if you only looked at autopilot miles in the after bucket. What we know is after installing the autopilot feature, accidents with airbag deployments reduced 40%. Not just during so-called "safe" autopilot miles, but over all miles driven. Now it's plausible that autopilot makes you a better driver both while it's on and off, but I'd say it's just exceedingly common to rear-end people due to distracted driving.
  • frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
    Except there are "autopilot" miles in the before bucket. They are comparing before and after Autosteer so Autosteer is in the after bucket only. TACC however is in both buckets, aka this is supposed to be a comparison showing the increase in safety when going from level1 to level2 systems but both buckets have tons of human driven miles mixed in.
    • stale2002 10y ago
      Level 1 = cruise control. All cars in the entire world are level 1 autonomous these days.
      • frgtpsswrdlame 10y ago
        Level 1 in the context of this study is specifically TACC.
      • jdmichal 10y ago
        It's not just "cruise control", it's "adaptive cruise control". From the report PDF (emphasis theirs): the driving mode-specific execution by a driver assistance system of either steering or acceleration/deceleration using information about the driving environment and with the expectation that the human driver perform all remaining aspects of the dynamic driving task
      • kalleboo 10y ago
        You'd be surprised how many cars are still sold without cruise control.