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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by batmansmk on Thursday August 24, 2017 @02:46PM (#15092842)
We need independent numbers on this. Comparing with the same population, the same price range of vehicles, the same road sections. Age, level of education, price of the vehicle, absence of hands-free cell interface, lack of seat-belt alarm seem to be way better predictors in USA of fatalities than having autopilot.

Comparing autopilot Tesla fatalities versus average fatality rate on one road section is dishonest.

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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by chc on Thursday August 24, 2017 @05:44PM (#15094313)
It's not as precise as I'd like, but there has been an independent investigation of the safety of Autopilot. After the first fatality while on Autopilot, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration wanted to determine whether (as many fear) Autopilot posed a danger to drivers, and found that Autopilot was safe enough to keep on the roads and that Autopilot led to a 40% reduction in crashes: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/nhtsas-full-final-investig...
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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by Vik1ng on Friday August 25, 2017 @09:09AM (#15098119)
Of Autopilot or Autosteer?
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Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A... by chc on Friday August 25, 2017 @12:52PM (#15100015)
One is a part of the other, so "both" seems like the natural answer.
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