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Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers
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I’m curious what the stats are for Teslas driven by people as well. Lately every time I walk by them (on a busy urban street) I see their occupants staring at their phones they can’t fucking connect to it or the over-the-top TV-style flatscreen in the fucking dash.
I am 100% sure Tesla drivers have above average accident rates. Because their drive assist systems are buggy, yet people rely on them.
because of the distracting screen user interface. Highest crash rates of any car manufacturer. Which is why they are expensive to insure.
Tesla releases some misleading stats that compare accidents vs other cars vs teslas that have their driving assistance systems on, and while the comparison to other cars isn't great since it's kind if apples to oranges, it's pretty clear that there are less accidents with their systems turned on than off on their own cars.
Edit: major accidents anyway. It doesn't track fender bender type things. I think the air bag needs to have deployed.
Edit: just to add another thought. The people that abuse the automated systems are probably the same people who would be breaking rules of the road anyway. So those people are causing accidents with the automated systems turned on, but maybe they would have been anyway. At the extreme end you have those people using it while drunk. I'm pretty sure they would have driven drunk anyway, or have driven drunk before.
IDK why I didn't think of this, it seems very likely now that you mention it.
The troubling part is, that's a lot if people. There are so many people texting and driving it's insane. And if you trust the vehicle when it's not truly capable of being trusted that way, you might prevent some accidents, but you're also going to cause accidents where that system is weak, and you might run into those situations more frequently because you're not paying attention and trusting it too much.
it would be trivial to block texting on phones in cars, but telcos won't do shit until they get sued.
It's easy to block texting if you're moving fast, but how do you expect them to tell the difference between being the driver or passenger?