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Tesla whistleblower calls cars with Autopilot “experiments in public roads” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 11 months ago by DannyMac@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It would be nice if the above statistic mentioned the ratio of Tesla's compared to other cars. If 90% of cars with autopilot are trslas but they only account for 70% of crashes, that's a good thing. There's also the problem with wording, driving assist does includes a lot more than just a fully self driving car.

But the only important statistic is how likely a self driving car is to get into an accident compared to a human driver.

People really have to learn to seperate the tech from the man. Elon Musk is a piece of shit, that doesn't mean everything he has his hand in is. Self driving cars are cool as fuck and if they aren't safer than human drivers atm, they clearly quickly will be.

[–] nicolascage@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Yes, you're correct. From source:

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) cautioned against using the numbers to compare automakers, saying it did not weight them by the number of vehicles from each manufacturer or how many miles those vehicles traveled.

I'm trying to find the Tesla:others ratio, but that's proving a bit difficult.

A bit of a moot point in my eyes as I consider all 400 accidents unacceptable, but you are right, I shouldn't use stats just to shit on Tesla.

[–] EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Close, but usage matters too. Just owning a car with driver assist doesn't mean you use it at the same rate. Share of miles driven with assist features would be better.

Then if you want to get gritty, I guess we could try to quantify how complex the miles were. Dense city miles and construction zones should count more.