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Tesla Robotaxis Reportedly Crashing at a Rate That's 4x Higher Than Humans (gizmodo.com)
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Self-driving cars are often marketed as safer than human drivers, but new data suggests that may not always be the case.

Citing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Electrek reports that Tesla disclosed five new crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin. The new data raises concerns about how safe Tesla’s systems really are compared to the average driver.

The incidents included a collision with a fixed object at 17 miles per hour, a crash with a bus while the Tesla vehicle was stopped, a crash with a truck at four miles per hour, and two cases where Tesla vehicles backed into fixed objects at low speeds.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

All these services have the ability for a human to solve issues if the FSD disengages. Doesn't mean they're not driving on their own most of the time including full journeys. The remote assistant team is just ready to jump in if there's something unusual that causes the Waymo driver to disengage and even then they don't usually directly control the car, they just give the driver instructions on how to resolve the situation.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    I think Waymo are right to do what they do. I just wouldn't call it "fully". If Telsa are doing the same and still doing badly, or should be doing the same and aren't, it still makes them worse than Waymo either way.

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