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@georgetakei What about these attacks on drivers and on the safety of our US roadways?

A Tesla under autopilot is a risk to others on the roadway and sidewalks around them.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2025/02/11/tesla-again-has-the-highest-accident-rate-of-any-auto-brand/

Screenshot excerpt from Forbes magazine article, Tesla Again Has The Highest Accident Rate Of Any Auto Brand by Steve Banker, published February 11, 2025 EST

Text: Does the Tesla Self-Driving Feature Cause Accidents?
Tesla Autopilot, an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), was released in 2015. The first fatal crashes involving Tesla’s autopilot occurred less than one year later. The fatal crashes attracted attention from United States government agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA’s analysis concluded that the Tesla Autopilot death rate is higher than the reported estimates. In addition to fatal crashes, there have been many nonfatal ones. The incidents were caused by the ADAS failing to recognize other vehicles, insufficient Autopilot driver engagement, and it is argued, poor operational design.

As of October 2024, there have been hundreds of documented nonfatal incidents involving Autopilot and fifty-one reported fatalities, forty-four of which NHTSA investigations or expert testimony later verified and two that NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations verified as happening during the engagement of Full Self-Driving (FSD).
Screenshot excerpt from Forbes magazine article, Tesla Again Has The Highest Accident Rate Of Any Auto Brand by Steve Banker, published February 11, 2025 EST Text: Does the Tesla Self-Driving Feature Cause Accidents? Tesla Autopilot, an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS), was released in 2015. The first fatal crashes involving Tesla’s autopilot occurred less than one year later. The fatal crashes attracted attention from United States government agencies, including the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA’s analysis concluded that the Tesla Autopilot death rate is higher than the reported estimates. In addition to fatal crashes, there have been many nonfatal ones. The incidents were caused by the ADAS failing to recognize other vehicles, insufficient Autopilot driver engagement, and it is argued, poor operational design. As of October 2024, there have been hundreds of documented nonfatal incidents involving Autopilot and fifty-one reported fatalities, forty-four of which NHTSA investigations or expert testimony later verified and two that NHTSA’s Office of Defect Investigations verified as happening during the engagement of Full Self-Driving (FSD).

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@georgetakei

Maybe Tesla should jettison the one person who is responsible for all negativity towards itself outside the airlock. C'mon Tesla. It's only one fucking person who has slung the boat anchor of hate around your goddamned pencil necks.