Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”

Re:Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not... by judge2020 on Monday January 25, 2021 @01:21AM (#25899949)

There are six cases of death where autopilot was confirmed to be engaged at the time of the incident, with 15 total that claim AP was engaged but had not been proven (via post-crash analysis or otherwise).

https://www.tesladeaths.com/

Based on reviewing the articles linked to the data, only one includes a lawsuit that claims the driver fell asleep before the crash. Doing this would either require a weight on the wheel to simulate constant torque (otherwise, on the highway, you have to apply torque every 30 seconds and it'll lock you out from using autosteer if you ignore it for roughly a minute), or falling asleep within 30-45 seconds of an incident, which is entirely possible.

https://www.carscoops.com/2020/04/tesla-autopilot-blamed-on-...

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Re:Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not... by xedeon on Monday January 25, 2021 @02:31AM (#25900394)

I would advice you look into who actually runs tesladeaths.com and make up your own conclusion.

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Re:Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not... by judge2020 on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:02AM (#25903880)

I'm fully aware - there's even a TSLAQ at the bottom of the page which is ironic given the recent stock surge. Nevertheless, it looks like it's the only source that tries to count deaths involving autopilot, so you can take their number then go through the articles to make a more informed conclusion.

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Re:Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not... by sixQuarks on Monday January 25, 2021 @08:04AM (#25902657)

that article says the driver fell asleep and the car crashed into pedestrians.

The original comment said "driver" died after falling asleep on autopilot - there has been no such case of that occurring.

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