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US probes Tesla's Full Self-Driving software after fatal crash

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410 points jjulius | 2 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.425s | source
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graeme ◴[19 Oct 24 01:36 UTC] No.41884966[source]▶
Will the review assess overall mortality of the vehicles compared to similar cars, and overall mortality while FSD is in use?
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akira2501 ◴[19 Oct 24 03:22 UTC] No.41885407[source]▶
Fatalities per passenger mile driven is the only statistic that would matter. I actually doubt this figure differs much, either way, from the overall fleet of vehicles.

This is because "inattentive driving" is _rarely_ the cause of fatalities on the road. The winner there is, and probably always will be, Alcohol.

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1. dylan604 ◴[19 Oct 24 03:37 UTC] No.41885470[source]▶
> The winner there is, and probably always will be, Alcohol.

I'd imagine mobile device use will overtake alcohol soon enough

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2. akira2501 ◴[19 Oct 24 04:17 UTC] No.41885600[source]▶
Mobile devices have been here for 40 years. The volume of alcohol sold every year suggests this overtake point will never occur.