Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve...
by hn8788 on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:34AM
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I'd say it depends on how many of those deaths are caused by the driver doing something unsafe. I'd be more comfortable with higher traffic deaths that primarily affect bad drivers than a lower number of deaths randomly spread across all drivers by a blackbox algorithm.
Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve...
by _ph_ on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:51AM
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If you are texting while driving and hit a stopped car or run a red light, you are very lightly to kill others. Actually more likely, as a side impact is more dangerous than a frontal one.
Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve...
by jazzyjackson on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:35PM
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But the car doesn’t need to drive itself to avoid those factors, it just needs to have radar auto braking
Re:U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency ve...
by ac29 on Monday August 16, 2021 @12:36PM
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> Road crashes are the leading cause of death in the U.S. for people aged 1-54
This isnt true according to the CDC. Cancer and heart disease lead for the 44-54 group, and while "accidental injury" does lead from 1-44, if you break down the data, in many cases vehicle based accidents are not not the largest single source. For example:
Drowning is the largest single cause in 1-4
Cancer is the largest single cause in 5-9
Suicide is the largest single cause 10-14
Seeing as car crashes are the leading cause of deaths from people aged 1-54, it may be an improvement from the status quo
More than 38,000 people die every year in crashes on U.S. roadways. The U.S. traffic fatality rate is 12.4 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. An additional 4.4 million are injured seriously enough to require medical attention. Road crashes are the leading cause of death in the U.S. for people aged 1-54.