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> Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents – such a standard would be impossible – but it makes them much less likely to occur. It unequivocally makes the
by empath75 9y ago
> Tesla Autopilot does not prevent all accidents – such a standard would be impossible – but it makes them much less likely to occur. It unequivocally makes the world safer for the vehicle occupants, pedestrians and cyclists.
These kinds of unequivocal statements are just begging for a lawsuit, imo. They simply don't know that this is true.
- mathgeek 9y agoWhich part(s) are you referring to? There seem to be a few claims in there that could be provably false.
- IncRnd 9y agoExactly. They are taking both sides of the an argument to get credit but not take blame. They want credit for allegedly reducing crashes, but they don't want to be held responsible for driving into a wall.
- 1123581321 9y agoAre you saying that the two paragraphs before this quote are inaccurate?
- danso 9y agoConsider this graf: > In the US, there is one automotive fatality every 86 million miles across all vehicles from all manufacturers. For Tesla, there is one fatality, including known pedestrian fatalities, every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware. If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware, you are 3.7 times less likely to be involved in a fatal accident. Let's put aside the consideration of how the average Tesla driver differs compared to the average American driver, or how the average mile driven by Autopilot differs compared to the average mile driven by all human drivers; I'm a little bit bothered by the language here: > If you are driving a Tesla equipped with Autopilot hardware... > every 320 million miles in vehicles equipped with Autopilot hardware... Why is the language "equipped with Autopilot hardware" used? Tesla isn't able to give an estimation of when Autopilot was equipped and engaged?
- 1123581321 9y agoThat's an interesting question. Similarly, one could ask why the focus on fatalities rather than crashes as Tesla's superior traditional safety rating means fewer crashes should be fatal, all else equal. However, these questions don't lead anywhere interesting. Model S and X cars were driven before and after Autopilot was activated (no hardware change), and the crash rate was reduced after activation. This is the "40% reduction" mentioned by Tesla in the article you pulled the quotes from. You can read a summary here: https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/19/14326258/teslas-crash-rate-dropped-40-percent-after-autopilot-was-installed-feds-say https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/19/14326258/teslas-crash-rat...
- jijojv 9y agoThis 40% has nothing to do with Autopilot and applies to any cars with auto braking. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says automatic braking — which can bring the car to a stop if it senses an imminent collision — can reduce rear-end crashes by 40 percent.
- 1123581321 9y agoMy bad -- I thought that was one of the features of Autopilot. It still looks like the safety improved after the Autopilot rollout, but hopefully some public numbers with more granularity in regards to these software features can be released.
- makomk 9y agoTesla likes to market their version of automatic braking as part of Autopilot because it makes the safety of Autopilot look better, but it's a fairly common feature that is available on many models of cars, that the entire industry plans to make standard on all new cars in a few years, and that operates even when Autopilot mode - the controversial feature that drives Teslas into concrete barriers and trucks - is not engaged.
- rgbrenner 9y ago