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For all of those saying that Autopilot is dangerous.

NHTSA’s full final investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot shows 40% crash rate reduction

https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/nhtsas-full-final-investig....

The report by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says that Tesla’s Autopilots are reducing the number of crashes by 40%.

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Not sure why you're being downvoted for posting this...

Facts rule, and the NHTSA is one of the best in analyzing accident statistics in the world.

I agree, this is crucial information for assessing the incident. Autodrive crashes are going to be greater than zero, the important question is are they going to be less than manual driving?

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