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There are not enough Teslas on the road to know if their autopilot is safer or not. But if you want to make a premature conclusion, it would not be that they are safer.

Beyond that, tesla is not an autonomous vehicle. From what I can tell, it is not outfitted with the sensors to make it a viable autonomous vehicle. The danger is marketing it as an autonomous vehicle while having fine print saying that it is not.

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Isn't it just enhanced cruise control?

It is, and this is a problem that's plauged auto safety advances. When ABS was introduced people started following so much closer that they more than made up for the stopping distance advantage. Now we have advanced cruise control systems, and some people more than make up for the safety advance by not watching where they are going.

It is a little more than that. It is enhanced cruise control, lane departure warning system, and auto parking system all rolled into one. The new part of the system is that instead of just warning the driver about lane departure it will automatically steer back into the lane, and if the driver puts on the turn signal it will automatically change lanes.

Honestly it seems like the big deal is that it is Tesla and how they marketed the feature.

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