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Tires, medicines and road surface treatments are all tested in controlled environments before being released to the public, not tested on the public. Conductin
by jstarfish 9y ago
Tires, medicines and road surface treatments are all tested in controlled environments before being released to the public, not tested on the public.
Conducting A/B tests with live human subjects and in a context where failures will kill people (including those not even associated with the experiment!) is the level of scientific rigor I expect from Josef Mengele.
- Piskvorrr 9y agoInb4 "don't buy a Tesla then" - this is not limited to Tesla customers, but extends to anyone in the vicinity.
- jccooper 9y agoI drive on an experimental highway surface daily. It's quieter, but uses an unorthodox drainage system (that at least feels less controlled in wet conditions). Only real use statistics will say for sure if it's safety-equivalent to standard surfaces. The state DOT is testing this on me and tens of thousands of other people daily at high speed. Sure, I suspect that they did smaller scale testing before deploying it, but so has Tesla. So tell me: what's the difference?
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- gamblor956 9y agoThat road surface was first tested in non-public situations to verify basic safety and functionality concerns. If it's reached the public-stage of testing, that means safety concerns were addressed and they're now testing durability.