Saying any brand is safer than human driving is a huge lie.
If we exclude DUI and tired drivers but include difficult terrain(not well marked, heavy rain, covered in snow) or streets like in India or Egypt with very few traffic lights at junctions, then the self driving cars will need permanent human intervention or to be stopped period.
Under these circumstances, the human driver will be much less dangerous.
I will be less sceptical about fsd when I see elon musk taking a blind fold amd his kids on the rear seats of a fsd Tesla in snow covered new york heavy duty traffic or an unmarked, slippery and snow covered road in a storm with 20feet visibility taking a 5 hr ride.
Should not be a big deal for someone who announced a coast to coast trip without intervention. What happened to that anyway..?
> Saying any brand is safer than human driving is a huge lie.
Can you substantiate this statement with discernible data? We recently did a road trip in Oregon. Even with an older version of autopilot (AP1) on our Model X which only has one front facing camera. The drive with having it engaged while closely supervising was safer.
There was really dense fog with long stretches of windy roads. I was having such a hard time that I had to slow down considerably. I was probably were pissing off local drivers behind me.
Meanwhile autopilot made quick work of the task without any disengagements. The latest version (AP3) is already considerably better and actually provides practical value.
Except humans do drink and drive. If everyone drove like school buss drivers then US would have 1/10th it’s current mother vehicle fatality rate. But, we don’t so if you’re talking about human drivers you need to look at everything people behind the wheel do from highly defensive driving to getting a BJ while doing 140mph at 2AM.
As someone not in a Tesla that’s what’s important to me.
I am not buying their self driving package so as a bystander in the other car it’s statistically safer for me.
As to the actual drivers/passengers that’s a more complex question. It’s likely going to continue killing some people who would otherwise survive, but nobody is forcing them to use the system while otherwise safe to drive. On the other hand others will only turn it on when tired etc which is likely where the net benefit comes from.
I will be less sceptical about fsd when I see elon musk taking a blind fold amd his kids on the rear seats of a fsd Tesla in snow covered new york heavy duty traffic or an unmarked, slippery and snow covered road in a storm with 20feet visibility taking a 5 hr ride. Should not be a big deal for someone who announced a coast to coast trip without intervention. What happened to that anyway..?