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It’s incredible how long a leash the NHTSA has given Tesla up to now. Uber had one fatality and their entire program was axed, according to this article Tesla has had 11. Compare that to Waymo whose cars have driven millions of miles and I believe only been in a few fender benders with no fatalities.

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Tens of thousands of people die in car accidents per year, nationally, so a few dozen fatalities in exchange for faster self driving progress sounds like a good bargain.

Who says that these deaths are a necessary part of self driving progress?

Apples and oranges. Tesla AutoPilot is a driver assistance system not an autonomous vehicle. It doesn’t even claim to avoid these situations, hence the need for full attention by the driver.

AP has billions, not millions of miles driven FWIW.

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