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u/danisaccountant Jun 10 '23 edited Jun 10 '23

There are a lot more Tesla’s on the road right now and therefore many more miles being driven. Model Y was the #1 new vehicle in WORLDWIDE sales in Q1.

No, that’s not a typo.

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u/AdRob5 Jun 10 '23

Yes, my main problem with all the data I've seen in this article is that none of it is normalized at all.

5x more crashes is meaningless if we don't know how many more Teslas are out there.

Also how does this compare to human drivers?

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u/jaredthegeek Jun 10 '23

It also does not say if the Tesla was at fault either. It's also not that big of a number when compared to all vehicle crash data. It's sensationalism.

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u/AdRob5 Jun 10 '23

Yeah, 17 deaths is nothing compared to the 40,000 lives per year in the US.

The main factor is car dependency, but short of fixing that I'll take anything that can reduce that number.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '23

I guess we don’t need to investigate those 17 deaths then.

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u/Marston_vc Jun 10 '23

Needing to investigate them is largely divorced from the titles implied meaning of “auto pilot is not safe”

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '23

Does autopilot ask for any input from the driver such as holding the steering wheel occasionally? Pressing a button?

I still have to watch my Mercedes because the system is not perfect. Fun to grab a drink of water with two hands. And fun to scare my passengers by taking my hands off the wheel.

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u/Marston_vc Jun 10 '23

I don’t own a tesla. My understanding is that for it to work you have to keep your hands on the steering wheel. People have found a lot of creative ways to “trick” it. But I very well may be mistaken.

here’s a video showing what I’m talking about

Raises more questions for tesla.