[RahulNagaraj]

According to media reports, American EV maker Tesla has released its 'Autopilot Safety Data Report'.

The latest report comes after a break of more than a year. Earlier, Tesla only used to release a 'Vehicle safety Report', which tracked miles between accidents in its vehicles, based on whether Autopilot was used or not, while comparing them to the industry average. However, the data was limited and often criticized for not taking into account the more common city roads.



Now, Tesla has released the Autopilot data for Q1 2024. As per the report, the first quarter witnessed one crash every 7.63 million miles driven by a vehicle using Autopilot technology. For vehicles not using Autopilot technology, the ratio came down to one crash per every 955,000 miles driven.

Compared to this, the average vehicle crash data of the USA was one crash for approximately every 670,000 miles.

Source: Electrek

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[NomadSK]

It's not only Tesla, but any car with an autopilot on highway at cruising speed will make it safer. The difficult and troublesome part is, how safer it is in congested cities and around humans, which Tesla claims.

These are some of the features of Tesla for auto pilot;

Basic Autopilot is a hands-on feature. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and be mindful of road conditions, surrounding traffic, and other road users (such as pedestrians and cyclists). Always be prepared to take immediate action. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury, or death.

Enhanced Autopilot is a hands-on feature. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and be mindful of road conditions, surrounding traffic, and other road users (such as pedestrians and cyclists). Always be prepared to take immediate action. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death.

Autopilot is designed for your driving comfort and convenience and is not a collision warning or avoidance system. It is your responsibility to stay alert, drive safely, and be in control of the vehicle at all times. Never depend on Autopilot to adequately slow down Model Y. Always watch the road in front of you and be prepared to take corrective action at all times. Failure to do so can result in serious injury or death.

Full Self-Driving Capability is a hands-on feature. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and be mindful of road conditions, surrounding traffic, and other road users (such as pedestrians and cyclists). Pay attention to the road at all times and always be prepared to take immediate action. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death.

Traffic-Aware Cruise Control is designed for your driving comfort and convenience and is not a collision warning or avoidance system. It is your responsibility to stay alert, drive safely, and be in control of the vehicle at all times. Never depend on Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to adequately slow down Model Y. Always watch the road in front of you and be prepared to take corrective action at all times. Failure to do so can result in serious injury or death.

Autosteer is a hands-on assistance feature. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times, be mindful of road conditions and surrounding traffic, and always be prepared to take immediate action. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the limitations of Autosteer and the situations in which it may not work as expected.

Although Autopilot is designed to detect vehicles and obstacles in adjacent lanes, it is your responsibility to always perform visual checks to make sure it is safe and appropriate to move into the target lane. If Autopilot cannot change lanes due to inadequate data, the touchscreen displays a series of warnings. Therefore, when using Auto Lane Change, always pay attention to the touchscreen and be prepared to manually steer Model Y.

Navigate on Autopilot is a hands-on feature. Keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times, be mindful of road conditions and surrounding traffic, and always be prepared to take immediate action. Failure to follow these instructions could cause damage, serious injury or death. It is your responsibility to familiarize yourself with the limitations of Navigate on Autopilot and the situations in which it may not work as expected.

Traffic-Aware Cruise Control may not automatically reduce the set speed on the highway interchange or off-ramp. Do not rely on Traffic-Aware Cruise Control to determine an appropriate driving speed. Tesla recommends driving at a speed that is safe for road conditions and within posted speed limits.

Its difficult to comprehend how Tesla becomes more safer when driver's supervision/intervention is required at all times. And very conviniently they market full self drive as FSD, however, if you read the nitty gritty on their website in details, it's no where near even level 3 and is clearly mentioned as FSD (Supervised). Now when something needs constant supervision, how it can be marketed as full self drive, isn't that oxymoronic.

I would rather trust the NHTSA data which speaks something totally different, where Tesla must meet a deadline of July 1 to provide information to the regulator or face fines up to $135.8 million - NHTSA, probably this is the reason they are coming out with some fabricated data.

And this takes the cake; what if the driver is killed in the first instance

Item 4: Drivers may disengage from task
Remedy: Introduction of a one-week suspension of Autopilot for drivers who receive three or five forced Autopilot disengagements (depending on cabin camera availability), also called a strikeout. A strikeout occurs after three strikes, which result after an alert escalation or receiving frequent warnings for inattention, however other factors may be required to receive a strike.

Also, This happened just few days back.

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