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Again, not comparable. You're comparing a new, luxury car, with the general death rate of roads. You'd need to compare the rate of accidents of a Tesla with an
by ucaetano 8y ago
Again, not comparable. You're comparing a new, luxury car, with the general death rate of roads.
You'd need to compare the rate of accidents of a Tesla with and without the system engaged, or at least the Tesla compared to other luxury cars.
Which wouldn't even be that relevant, because autopilot features have been available for much longer in other cars.
And that's before you include the fact that autopilot hands over the control to humans, so, again, the numbers aren't comparable.
I understand your desperate need to validate your internal assumptions, but you don't have external data to do so.
- mdorazio 8y agoNailed it. One additional piece of information to throw in the pile - insurance claims for Teslas show more frequent accident rates than comparable luxury vehicles [1]. Again, we would need granular data to draw actual conclusions, but Tesla's marketing-friendly claims on autopilot safety are mostly bogus. [1] https://www.autonews.com/article/20170604/FINANCE_AND_INSURANCE/170609884/tesla-owners-should-pay-more-for-insurance-aaa-says https://www.autonews.com/article/20170604/FINANCE_AND_INSURA...