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One way to analyze this is to ignore if Autopilot is on at the moment of a crash and make a gross comparison of Autopilot equipped vehicles accidents rate over
by dv_dt 4y ago
One way to analyze this is to ignore if Autopilot is on at the moment of a crash and make a gross comparison of Autopilot equipped vehicles accidents rate over mileage. A side stat would be if possible to see of there is a correlation between amount of Autopilot on time vs accident rate (again ignoring if ap is on at the moment of a crash).
This is answering a different question than is Autopilot effective when on, but is Autopilot capability + the human employment of it create an observable effect in accident rates.
- 7e 4y agoHighways are 10x safer than non-highway miles, and AP may be selectively engaged in only the safest situations. A population study would be tricky to do, because all recent Teslas have Autopilot and Teslas as a whole are newer cars driven by rich people, with a heavy bias towards California. Further, Teslas have automatic emergency braking independent of Autopilot. So you can’t compare accident rates as a whole, but you could compare accident rates of, say, new Mercedes or BMWs with Teslas in California, which have roughly the same capabilities and are driven by the same rich people (though possibly slightly older).