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

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410 points jjulius | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 16:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.288s | source
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frabjoused ◴[19 Oct 24 17:22 UTC] No.41889107[source]▶
I don't understand why this debate/probing is not just data driven. Driving is all big data.

https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport

This report does not include fatalities, which seems to be the key point in question. Unless the above report has some bias or is false, Teslas in autopilot appear 10 times safer than the US average.

Is there public data on deaths reported by Tesla?

And otherwise, if the stats say it is safer, why is there any debate at all?

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1. notshift ◴[19 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41889261[source]▶
Without opening the link, the problem with every piece of data I’ve seen from Tesla is they’re comparing apples to oranges. FSD won’t activate in adverse driving conditions, aka when accidents are much more likely to occur. And/or drivers are choosing not to use it in those conditions.