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Old 05-23-2022, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by MartinSE View Post
They are already better than "our reflexes". From Tessa's website for q4 2021:

"In the 4th quarter, we recorded one crash for every 4.31 million miles driven in which drivers were using Autopilot technology (Autosteer and active safety features). For drivers who were not using Autopilot technology (no Autosteer and active safety features), we recorded one crash for every 1.59 million miles driven.

By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 484,000 miles."

So, in the case of Tesla (others are even better) Autopilot and automatic safety features result in 8 times fewer accidents than "regular" cars 4 million miles per accident vs 500,000 miles.
I would like to see their operating results in a Florida downpour I originally wrote to begin this post.