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Re:US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software in 2.4M cars... by porphyra on Friday October 18, 2024 @11:45PM (#41885496)
Distracted driving cost 3308 lives in 2022 [1].

Alcohol is at 13384 in 2021 [2].

Although you're right that alcohol does claim more lives, distracted driving is still highly dangerous and isn't all that rare.

[1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/risky-driving/distracted-driving

[2] https://www.nhtsa.gov/book/countermeasures-that-work/alcohol...

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Re:US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software in 2.4M cars... by akira2501 on Saturday October 19, 2024 @12:15AM (#41885593)
They do a disservice by not further breaking down distracted driving by age. Once you see it that way it's hard to accept that distracted driving on it's own is the appropriate target.

Anyways.. NHTSA publishes the FARS. This is the definitive source if you want to understand the demographics of fatalities in the USA.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-report...

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