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Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by feedjoelpie on Thursday January 19, 2017 @10:49PM (#13441610)
This is a very simplistic way to look at it. We're in uncharted territory here. Did crash rates go down because driver error went down? Probably. So accidents for which the driver is liable go down a lot. And accidents for which the car-marker is liable go up a little. That last bit is still a very big deal.
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Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by dEnigma on Friday January 20, 2017 @03:38AM (#13442433)
Probably? Why do you think it likely that driver error would go down more than 40%?
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Re:NHTSA’s full investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 4... by feedjoelpie on Friday January 20, 2017 @09:57AM (#13444207)
NHTSA reports that 94% of all auto accidents involve driver error. Autopilot is a feature that reduces the number of decisions drivers make. It would be improbable for the two not to be extremely related.
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