Tesla released their accident statistics, and their cars have a significantly lower rate of accidents when Autopilot is engaged.
To me, that seems to indicate Autopilot is a net safety gain, despite not being perfect.
To me, that seems to indicate Autopilot is a net safety gain, despite not being perfect.
https://medium.com/@MidwesternHedgi/teslas-driver-fatality-r...
Here's one way. Highway driving is already significantly safer per mile than local roads,
> The grim statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also show that drivers on rural roads die at a rate 2.5 times higher per mile traveled than on urban highways. Urban drivers travel twice as many miles but suffer close to half the fatal accidents. [1]
That explains away Musk's "AP is twice as safe" comment. It's only twice as safe because people generally only activate it on the highway, which is already 2.5 times safer!
[1] https://www.npr.org/2009/11/29/120716625/the-deadliest-roads...
That has absolutely nothing to do with whether people have died due to false claims about the ability of Tesla's autopilot. The cars may be safer, but if 1 person died or 100 people died because Musk/Tesla lied about autopilot that is a problem. It doesn't matter how many other accidents their cars have or have not been in.