[LINK] itN: 'Third fatal Tesla Autopilot crash ...'

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2019-05-21 at 14:48 +1000, David wrote:
> For what proportion of the time do drivers have to use the
> "driverless" technology for that to be true?  And for that matter,
> for what proportion of time are the supposed statistics valid?
> 
> I believe current Teslas allow driverless-mode to be enabled &
> disabled, so it could be used between 0 & 100% of driving-time for
> any given vehicle.

I repeat, none of that is relevant. Only the performance of the system
as a whole.

For all I care the driverless component could be a placebo with no
actual physical effects at all (shout out to the shade of Peter Brock).
If overall safety statistics are better for such cars than for cars
without the feature, we should still install it in all new vehicles.

Regards, K.

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