Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A...
by JumpCrisscross on Thursday August 24, 2017 @04:00PM
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> Actually the study explicitly doesn't show that
You are correct. We do not have definitive data that the technology is safe. That said, we have preliminary data that hints it's safer and nothing similar to hint it's less safe.
Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A...
by frgtpsswrdlame on Thursday August 24, 2017 @04:33PM
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>That said, we have preliminary data that hints its safer and nothing similar to hint it's less safe.
Safer than? Human driving? No, we don't.
Re:Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent A...
by tcheard on Thursday August 24, 2017 @06:40PM
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Safer than level 1 autonomy.
> So what this report is actually showing is that Level 2 enabled car is safer than a Level 1 enabled car.
which seems to disagree with the leading statement of the first comment in this thread:
> The level-2 driving that Tesla is pushing seems like a worst case scenario to me
Actually the study explicitly doesn't show that.
First of all, in the study, it purely measures accident rate before and after installation, so miles driven by humans are in both buckets. Second of all the study is actually comparing Tesla before and after the installation of Auotsteer and prior to the installation of Autosteer, Traffic Aware Cruise Control was already present. According to the actual report:
The Tesla Autopilot system is a Level 1 automated system when operated with TACC enabled and a Level 2 system when Autosteer is also activated.
So what this report is actually showing is that Level 2 enabled car is safer than a Level 1 enabled car. Extrapolating that to actual miles driven with level 2 versus level 1 is beyond the scope of the study and comparing level 1 or level 2 to human drivers is certainly beyond the scope of the study.