[LINK] U.S. opens investigation into Tesla after fatal crash in Autopilot mode

[Jim Birch]

Tesla said this is the first fatality in 130 million miles of autopilot,
which is within cooee of than the US national average 88 million miles per
fatality. If this single data point is at the average frequency, and the
road and conditions were average death risk, and the software and sensors
never improve over time the safety margin for autopilot is not that great.
But, of course, these assumptions are going to be wrong.

Interestingly, Tesla also say the their data demonstrate that autopilot
plus driver attention is significantly safer that driver control which I'd
believe.  However, I don't believe that drivers will remain attentive once
they decide the car is safe.

Jim