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What is this statistic supposed to prove? I would expect there to be more deaths from non-Teslas because non-Teslas make up a majority of the market and further
by marmada 7y ago
What is this statistic supposed to prove? I would expect there to be more deaths from non-Teslas because non-Teslas make up a majority of the market and furthermore not every person with a Tesla uses autopilot and even those who do use autopilot do not use it all the time, so the chance the autopilot makes a mistake is minimized.
We do not know if autopilot reduces the number of deaths, so let's not overhype this technology. I would wager it increases the number of deaths because
1. Autopilot technology is not good enough to be used with 0% human intervention (i.e -- there are many edge cases where human intervention is required that autopilot cannot handle).
2. Even though statement 1 is true, drivers naturally treat autopilot as if it is capable of driving with 0% intervention, for example they might check their phone while the car is moving.
- sjwright 7y agoYou seem to be under the misapprehension that 1 pedestrian death equals 1 pedestrian death per day. Just because one rando on the internet makes an "if autopilot" argument doesn't make it so. Even if that were the case, you are under the misapprehension that any blame should ever go to augmentation technologies for the actions of a licensed driver—whether that action be turning a wheel or pressing a button.