California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about Autopilot and FSD

Re:California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about... by Volundr on Monday August 08, 2022 @01:50PM (#32388709)

> Their autopilot data compared to every single type of car, with every single type of driver, only on highways.

Is there new data I missed? Last I was aware Telsa had published data comparing autopilot to human drivers, but not adjusting for road type, weather, road condition, construction, and any number of other factors in addition to the ones you mentioned.

So basically Telsa determined that autopilot on easy-mode driving (highway, clear enough conditions for autopilot to be willing to operate), with a human backup, has less crashes per-mile than humans in the full range of conditions (including those where autopilot will opt out) with no backup.

If that's not an example of "lies, damn lies, and statistics" I don't know what is.

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Re:California DMV accuses Tesla of making false claims about... by BoorishBears on Monday August 08, 2022 @05:47PM (#32391509)

I think you're misunderstanding the quoted section, my exact point is they're comparing a narrow section of drivers on highways (people in Teslas who enabled AP) to all drivers on highways

The narrow section excludes older vehicles, skews away from the most at risk demographics of drivers, removes the toughest highway situations from the equation since AP will disengage, the list goes on.

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