“we registered one accident for every 3.07 million miles driven in which drivers had Autopilot engaged.”
And then: “By comparison, NHTSA’s most recent data shows that in the United States there is an automobile crash every 479,000 miles”
This is true. It’s also a complete lie.
It’s set up to make you think that this proves Autopilot is safer than human drivers, but it compares a national stat for all cars in all possible driving conditions to a Tesla stat for high end cars in good weather freeway driving. The latter are inherently much safer.
But so many people are falling for this blatant lying - plenty of examples in this thread alone.
I hate that this works for them, and that it just encourages others to lie similarly. I wish we had higher standards, as a society.
Does the car disengaging autopilot and smashing into something a quarter second later count as an "autopilot engaged" crash?
It's like comparing your primary care doc's outcomes against a world-class brain surgeon. More people come out of the PCP's office alive, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're the better doctor.