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Re:Teslas running Autopilot have been in 273 crashes in less... by aqme28 on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:40AM (#31752723)
What's your alternative? Tesla has also faced criticism for turning off autopilot less than a second before the crash, and then claiming that because the car was not on autopilot it was driver error.

"On Thursday, NHTSA said it had discovered in 16 separate instances when this occurred that Autopilot “aborted vehicle control less than one second prior to the first impact,” suggesting the driver was not prepared to assume full control over the vehicle.

CEO Elon Musk has often claimed that accidents cannot be the fault of the company, as data it extracted invariably showed Autopilot was not active in the moment of the collision. "

* https://fortune.com/2022/06/10/elon-musk-tesla-nhtsa-investi...

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Re:Teslas running Autopilot have been in 273 crashes in less... by bradfa on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @09:42AM (#31752747)
My alternative is to present the data including how long before the crash the system deactivated and not just report all of the incidents into one category. This requires nuance and judgement in reporting.

I'm not blaming Tesla or the NHTSA for this, I'm blaming the WP as their reporting on this lacks any information and seems rather to just paint the data in such a way to make Tesla look bad. There's no room for interpretation by the reader because no actual useful data is presented.

Edited to correct my naming of the article source.

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Re:Teslas running Autopilot have been in 273 crashes in less... by jsight on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:40AM (#31753594)
Even Tesla uses 5 seconds and not 1 second. The Fortune article was misleading.
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