Tesla Was Kicked Off Fatal Crash Probe by NTSB

Re:Tesla Was Kicked Off Fatal Crash Probe by NTSB by idoubtit on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:09PM (#16825360)

> US crash rates are lower than worldwide rates, so Tesla’s estimate of lives saved worldwide is low.

Road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants per year (2013, WHO):

    UK      2.9
    Spain   3.7
    Germany 4.3
    France  5.1
    USA    10.6

Among the rich countries, the US crash rate is one of the worst. With a similar set of vehicles, this rate is very fluctuent, per country and per year. Hint: the problem may not be purely mechanical.

Seriously, would Tesla's autopilot lower the crash rate in the UK? In Thailand? I guess it wouldn't change much in European countries, and any good car would do the same in poor countries.

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Re:Tesla Was Kicked Off Fatal Crash Probe by NTSB by kps on Thursday April 12, 2018 @11:24PM (#16826923)

> I guess it wouldn't change much in European countries

Why not?

Via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r..., here is another table (same countries, same order) giving road fatalities per 10⁹km in 2015:

    UK      3.6
    Spain   7.8
    Germany 4.9
    France  5.8
    USA     7.1

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