Hi there!
Wow
Hi there!
Wow! Look at these numbers. If anybody wondered if these new self driving cars
are going to be safe, just look at this article. We haven’t even reached the
point of really self driving cars, yet. I’ll just look at the statistics from
one accident in almost 4,000,000 miles compared to one exit it for even less
than 1,000,000 miles average for all drivers. Teslas cars are so
extraordinarily safe. You Will know that a Tesla car hit a fire engine and the
only injury that the driver received was a broken ankle. Imagine hitting a fire
engine in almost any other car and hold her you might be or you probably
wouldn’t even make it at all.
Warmest
Will know that a Tesla car hit a fire engine and the only injury that the
driver received was a broken ankle. Imagine hitting a fire engine and almost
any other car and hold her you might be or you probably wouldn’t even make it
at all.
Warmest regards,
Fred Engadget - Thursday, October 4, 2018 at 10:22 PM
Tesla defends Autopilot in first quarterly safety report
AOL, Roberto Baldwin
Over the past year, Tesla has received a lot of flak for being involved in
crashes and accidents while Autopilot was engaged. Back in March, a Model X
crashed into a median barrier, claiming the life of an Apple engineer. A few
months after that, a Model S crashed into a parked police SUV in Laguna Beach.
Now, the automaker is defending itself and Autopilot in its first ever
quarterly vehicle safety report for Q3 2018. According to the company, it has
only registered one accident or "crash-like event" for every 3.34 million miles
driven with Autopilot engaged over the past quarter.
On the other hand, it registered one accident or crash-like event for every
1.92 million miles driven without Autopilot. "By comparison," the automaker
wrote, "the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) most
recent data shows that in the United States, there is an automobile crash every
492,000 miles." It added that NHTSA's data only includes accidents and crashes,
while its records also include near misses, which it calls "crash-like events."
The report echoes the tweets Tesla CEO (and ex-Chairman) Elon Musk posted in
the previous months to defend the company. "It's super messed up that a Tesla
crash resulting in a broken ankle is front page news and the ~40,000 people who
died in US auto accidents alone in past year get almost no coverage," he said
after a Model S crashed into a fire truck.
What's actually amazing about this accident is that a Model S hit a fire truck
at 60mph and the driver only broke an ankle. An impact at that speed usually
results in severe injury or death.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 14, 2018
Tesla will now release safety vehicle reports every quarter going forward.
Further, it will also start gathering injury data from customers after
accidents for a more complete picture of every incident. When it calls up
customer after its system detects an accident or a collision, it will also take
the chance to ask what injury they sustained and if they have any feedback
about its safety system.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/04/tesla-vehicle-safety-quarterly-report/
Fred Wurtzel
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