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This is fear mongering disguised as concern. Tesla publishes data about incident rates for drivers both on and off autopilot and they are markedly lower than other drivers.

https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport




What if you control for demographic factors? I'd expect that new drivers and the elderly have accidents at a much higher rate than the average driver and also have low Tesla ownership rates.

Edit: I see they do have base rate w/o autopilot listed and it does significantly differ from national average.


The families I know with very expensive sedans often drive their other vehicle in snowy weather.


So because I don’t believe numbers published by the company trying to protect its own image I’m fear mongering?

No, I genuinely don’t like this situation. I’m not trying to troll. I’m just saying my opinion.


Does it distinguish between the types of road driven on? It's a very important distinction because where people sensible people choose to activate the system is probably on long journeys where crashes are already rare.




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