[HN Gopher] Feds probe NY Tesla crash that killed man changing f...
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       Feds probe NY Tesla crash that killed man changing flat tire
        
       Author : camjohnson26
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2021-09-03 20:11 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | camjohnson26 wrote:
       | It's incredible how long a leash the NHTSA has given Tesla up to
       | now. Uber had one fatality and their entire program was axed,
       | according to this article Tesla has had 11. Compare that to Waymo
       | whose cars have driven millions of miles and I believe only been
       | in a few fender benders with no fatalities.
        
         | CheezeIt wrote:
         | Tens of thousands of people die in car accidents per year,
         | nationally, so a few dozen fatalities in exchange for faster
         | self driving progress sounds like a good bargain.
        
         | eyesee wrote:
         | Apples and oranges. Tesla AutoPilot is a driver assistance
         | system not an autonomous vehicle. It doesn't even claim to
         | avoid these situations, hence the need for full attention by
         | the driver.
         | 
         | AP has billions, not millions of miles driven FWIW.
        
       | BooneJS wrote:
       | My Model Y is generally unconcerned with out of place stuff on
       | the road. Bicycles? Yes. People walking? Not really. "Yield in
       | crosswalk" posts in the middle of the road? No.
        
       | mikestew wrote:
       | It's surprises me greatly that our 2011 Nissan Leaf didn't get to
       | have LED taillights because "Federal rules" that hadn't caught up
       | to current technology, but a car that smooshes people on the side
       | of the road? "A-okay by us, we'll just do some investigations
       | after it's too late and a person is killed", say the Feds.
        
         | sidibe wrote:
         | Think of how much more focused the Autopilot team is by
         | releasing completely unsafe software and trying to fix it
         | before regulators get their act together. Death driven
         | development.
        
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