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I looked at the first report in your link. It says: “we registered one accident for every 3.07 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged.” A
by czzr 7y ago
I looked at the first report in your link. It says:
“we registered one accident for every 3.07 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged.”
And then:
“By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 479,000 miles”
This is true. It’s also a complete lie.
It’s set up to make you think that this proves Autopilot is safer than human drivers, but it compares a national stat for all cars in all possible driving conditions to a Tesla stat for high end cars in good weather freeway driving. The latter are inherently much safer.
But so many people are falling for this blatant lying - plenty of examples in this thread alone.
I hate that this works for them, and that it just encourages others to lie similarly. I wish we had higher standards, as a society.
- ceejayoz 7y agoGiven the funny numbers, I'd also be interested in the number of accidents right after an autopilot disengage. Does the car disengaging autopilot and smashing into something a quarter second later count as an "autopilot engaged" crash?