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Re:Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle whe... by onethought on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @04:16PM (#30770943)
So being safer on highways should be completely disregarded? Okay so this Mercedes news should also be completely disregarded
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Re:Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle whe... by ahahahahah on Tuesday March 22, 2022 @04:37PM (#30771185)
Tesla's data doesn't even show that they are safer on highways, I don't think you understand the original criticism.

It's like this:

Tesla: Look how great we are, our apple is redder than their orange.

Critic: It doesn't make sense to compare the colors of those things in that way. Here's why ...

You: So being a redder apple should now be disregarded?

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Re:Mercedes to accept legal responsibility for a vehicle whe... by onethought on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @02:01AM (#30775461)
Tesla’s data shows autopilot is safer (crashes less) than not on autopilot. The only question mark I’ve seen in this discussion is on NHTSAs data regarding Tesla.

Could you explain the flaw in Tesla data? How is crashes/mile not a good proxy for safety?

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