Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

New Footage Shows Tesla On Autopilot Crashing Into Police Car After Alerting Driver 150 Times::Six officers who were injured in the crash are suing Tesla despite the fact that the driver was allegedly impaired

  • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Tesla on autopilot/FSD is almost 4 times less likely to be involved in a crash than a human driven Tesla which even then is half as likely to end up in a accident compared to average car. You not liking Musk fortunelately doesn’t change these facts.

    In the 2nd quarter, we recorded one crash for every 4.41 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot technology (Autosteer and active safety features). For drivers who were not using Autopilot technology (no Autosteer and active safety features), we recorded one crash for every 1.2 million miles driven. By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 484,000 miles.

    Source

      • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Perhaps. I’m sure you’ll provide me with the independent data you’re basing that “Teslas are not safe” claim on

    • tiny_electron@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 year ago

      There is a bias here in the numbers. Teslas are expensive and not everyone is buying them. The lower accident rate can be explained by the different demographic driving the vehicle rather than Teslas being better. For exemple, younger people might be more likely to cause accident because of different factors and they are also less likely to buy a Tesla because they are so expensive. I dont have the numbers for this, but we should all be careful with the claims of Tesla on safety when they compared themself to the global average.

      • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Sure. There are always multiple factors in play. However I’d still be willing to bet that there’s nothing in Teslas that makes them inherently unsafe compared to other cars.